IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.23935 of 2008 SHEETAL JHA Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 27.8.2008 Heard. The case is under Sections 420, 379, 411 and 34 of the IPC and Section 7 of the E.C. Act. On recovery of 22 bags of rice weighing 11 quintal from the house of a particular person of another village and Panchayat who could be related to this petitioner who is the Mukhiya of different Panchayat. As may appear from the very Sections of 7 E.C.Act, the informant was not sure whether it could be an offence under Section 420 IPC, the ingredients of which could be quite different from those of Section 379 of the IPC and the court also finds that the informant was quite ambiguous in making his allegations as regards the purpose of the rice for use for any public purposes. The petitioner does not take any defence as regards the possession except that he had nothing to do with those bags of rice and that the petitioner might be related to the man as alleged and submits that being related to a man could not be an offence. Let the above named petitioner be released from custody on furnishing bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani in Benipatti(Arer)P.S.Case no.197 of 2007. B.Kr. ( Dharnidhar Jha, J. )