IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.34561 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Surendra Kushwaha S/O Jawahar Lal Kushwaha R/O Vill.-Bhatkeshri, P.S.-Jalalpur, Distt.-Saran At Chapra .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Udai Shankar Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. None ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KISHORE KUMAR MANDAL ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KISHORE KUMAR MANDAL) 2 25-10-2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. No body appears on behalf of the State. Petitioner seeks bail in a case instituted under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act. It is alleged that certain L.P.G. cylinders, filled and unfilled, were recovered from the shop of the petitioner. Learned counsel submits that the consumers subsequently approached the Court for release of the cylinders whereafter a report was called for from the concerned Gas Agency and it was reported that those cylinders belong to the aforesaid consumers. Learned counsel submits that the consumers used to get delivery of their L.P.G. cylinders and keep in the shop and subsequently used to carry them to their respective homes on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.34561 of 2011 (2) dt.25-10-2011 2 arranging appropriate transportation facility. It is next contended that petitioner is in custody since 9.8.2011. Regard being had to the aforesaid submissions, this Court is persuaded to release the petitioner on bail. Let petitioner above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra in connection with Baniyapur P.S. case No. 138 of 2011 subject to the condition that one of the bailors shall be own/close family member of the petitioner. PANKAJ KUMAR/- (Kishore K. Mandal, J)