IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.6593 of 2011 ANAND KUMAR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR with Cr.Misc. No.6698 of 2011 AMAR CHAND KOTHARI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR with Cr.Misc. No.6741 of 2011 BAJRANG LALL BAZAZ Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR with Cr.Misc. No.6743 of 2011 INDRARAJ MAL JAIN Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR with Cr.Misc. No.6745 of 2011 AJAY KOTHARI ……..Petitioners. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 25.02.2011 The Petitioners being the dealers of the fertilizer are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under section 7(1)(A)(1) of the Essential Commodities Act and Section 35(1)(a) of the Fertilizer Control Order 1985. It is alleged against the petitioners that during surprise inspection of the premises of fertilizer establishments of the petitioners though no documents 2 were seized, but subsequently, when the petitioners produced documents the signatures on the stock registers were suspected to be forged. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that fertilizer licences of the petitioners have been suspended due to institution of the prosecution case. Considering the suspicious nature of accusation, let the petitioners, namely, Anand Kumar, Amar Chand Kothari, Bajrang Lall Bazaz, Indraraj Mal Jain and Ajay Kothari, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khagaria, in connection with Khagaria P.S. Case No. 27 of 2011. Bhardwaj/- ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)