IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.51246 of 2008 Pintu Kumar @ Vivek, son of Anil Kumar, resident of village Bich-Bazar, Soh Sarai, P.S. Soh Sarai, district Nalanda .. Petitioner With Cr.Misc. No.51469 of 2008 Vikash Kumar, son of Maheshwari Prasad, resident of village Karmabagh, P.S. Soh Sarai, district Nalanda .. Petitioner With Cr.Misc. No.942 of 2009 Ramji Prasad, son of late Ram Prasad, resident of Arrah Town, P.S. Arrah, district Bhojpur at present Assistant Godown Manager, S.F.C., Bazar Samiti, Biharsharif .. Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .. Opposite Party (in all above cases) **** /2/ 16.03.2009 Heard the counsel for the petitioners and the State. 2. Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Laheri P.S. Case No. 167 of 2008 registered for offences under Sections 467, 468, 420, 379 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code and 7 of the Essential Commodities Act. As per the allegation bags of food grains were caught loaded on a bullock cart. The labourers who had loaded 2 informed that they carried food grains from the godown of State Food Corporation for being unloaded at shop no. 20. It is stated that shop no. 20 belongs to one Anand Kumar, who is an authorized allottee of food grains and runs whole sale business of food grains. Petitioner, Pintu Kumar @ Vivek (Cr. Misc. No. 51246 if 2008), Vikash Kumar (Cr. Misc. No. 51469 of 2008) are not dealers under public distribution system. They have been falsely implicated because of their connection with Anand Kumar. Petitioner, Ramji Prasad (Cr. Misc. No. 942 of 2009) is the Assistant Manager, Godown, in Bihar State Food Corporation, Bazar Samiti, Biharsharif. Counsel for the petitioners submits that being the official of the Bihar State Food Corporation, he is protected under the provision of Clause 31 of the Bihar Trade Articles (Licence Unification) Order, 1984. 3. Considering the facts and also that the food grains have been caught on the bullock cart by the police and informant, subsequently, was released in favour of Anand Kumar, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail on behalf of the petitioners, above named, is allowed. They are directed to be released on anticipatory bail, in case of their surrender 3 before the Court concerned within four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with the aforementioned case to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Biharsharif, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. S.A. ( Mridula Mishra, J. )