IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.2056 of 2009 BANSHU SHAH KASAUDHAN Versus STATE OF BIHAR With Cr.Misc. No.159 of 2009 MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 6. 5.10.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. The petitioners apprehend arrest in a Police case under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act. The allegations are of wrongful dealing of blue Kerosene Oil, a commodity restricted to the P.D.S. without valid licence. The recovery of measures from both of them suggestive of regular dealings does not persuade the Court to grant them the privilege of anticipatory bail. The application for anticipatory bail is rejected. Any application for regular bail on behalf of the petitioners shall be considered by the court below on its own merits, without being prejudiced by the present order. P. Kumar (Navin Sinha, J.)