IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2229 of 2008 AWADHESH SAH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2 16.07.2008 On an F.I.R. lodged against the petitioner, under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 179 quintals of rice contained in 358 bags and 17 bags of wheat of 50 kg. each was seized on the suspicion that both the commodities are for the purposes of utilization in various schemes of the State and could have an origin from the State Food Corporation or Food Corporation of India. The investigation is going on and the fate of the case will be decided on its own merit and evidence. At this stage, the petitioner only wants release of the seized commodities because they are perishable commodities. In the given facts, therefore, let the seized rice and wheat be released in favour of the petitioner after furnishing adequate and suitable security in this regard, but while releasing the above commodities at least 3-4 bags of the seized commodities should be retained as material exhibit in the case. Let the release of the commodities in favour of the petitioner be made in terms of the direction above after furnishing the required sureties to the satisfaction of 2 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali in Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 96/2007. The writ application as well as the I.A. stands disposed of. Rajeev/ (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)