IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.29031 of 2009 CHANDRIKA PRASAD, SON OF BINDA SAH, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE AHIYAPUR, P.S. SAHEBGANJ, DISTRICT MUZAFFARPUR. ---- PETITIONER Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ---- OPPOSITE PARTY ----------- 2 5.11.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case under Section 7 of Essential Commodity Act. The petitioner and his son have been made accused in this case. It is alleged that the son was arrested at the spot and the petitioner is said to have run away. They were carrying one bag of wheat and one bag of rice which was being unloaded in the godown of Kanhai Sah. Learned counsel for the petitioner refers to the seizure list which indicates that the recovery was not made from the godown of Kanhai Sah. It is further submitted that the petitioner was not caught on the spot and the allegation that he ran away is vague besides which there is no material to show that the wheat and rice were being sold in the black market. Be that as it may, petitioner Chandrika Prasad is directed to be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks in connection with Sahebganj P.S. Case No. 27/2009, G.R. No. 5253/2009 on furnishing bail bond of rupees ten thousand with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the S.D.J.M., West Muzaffarpur subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Sanjay (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)