IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.13412 of 2011 MAHENDRA SAH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 02. 11.05.2011 Petitioner being PDS dealer is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 7 of the Essential Commodities Act. 359 quintals of rice and 92 ½ bags of wheat were recovered from the house of the petitioner. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is a PDS dealer and he is entitle for allotment of 1000 quintals of the grains and the seized grains were much below the sanctioned capacity of storage. It is further submitted that there is no accusation that petitioner was selling the grains in the black market. Moreover the son of the petitioner was present when the seizure was made but his signature was not obtained nor any formal seizure list was preferred. The seizure was made on 25.12.2010 and on the same day the F.I.R. was lodged but it was transmitted to the learned Court below on 27.12 2010. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Mahendra Sah, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on 2 furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of S.D.J.M., Sikrahana at Motihari, East Champaran in connection with Patahi P.S. Case No. 97 of 2010. Shageer ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)