IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.8859 of 2011 AJIT PRASAD, SON OF LATE MANKESHWAR PRASAD. -------------- PETITIONER Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 18.03.2011 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the P.D.S., dealer is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 384 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act. It is alleged that the petitioner has not distributed the grains to the beneficiaries as per the allegations and there are interpolations in the distribution register. It is submitted that after inquiry, the petitioner’s license has been suspended. It appears that the petitioner has substantially been punished for the alleged misdeed. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, 2 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Gopalganj in connection with Thawe P.S. Case No. 5/2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)