IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.45624 of 2008 MD.AFTAB ALAM Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 12.12.2008 Heard Sri S.M.Shabbir Alam, Advocate for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State. The recovery is of 165 bags of Ammonium Nitrate which the petitioner claims as fertilizer. By drawing the attention of the court further towards Annexure-2, said to be a notification issued by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the petitioner contends that Ammonium Nitrate is not an explosive substance under the Explosive Rules, 1983. However, the court finds from schedule 1 to the Explosive Rules which classifies the explosives under different classes that Ammonium Nitrate is an explosive substance. Petition is dismissed. B.Kr. ( Dharnidhar Jha, J. )