IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.27103 of 2011 Basudeo Chaudhary @ Bashudeo Choudhary son of Lattu Choudhary, resident of Saharsa Sadar, P.S.- Saharsa, District- Saharsa. Versus The State of Bihar ----------- 2. 12.8.2011. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence under section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act. The allegation, as per the first information report, is that a “Thela” loaded with ten bags of wheat was intercepted by the Supply Inspector. On enquiry, it was disclosed by the driver of the Thela that the bags of wheat were loaded from the P.D.S, shop of the petitioner and was being carried to some destination. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that pursuant to the present first information report no enquiry was conducted in the shop of the petitioner. No shortage was ever detected in the P.D.S. shop of the petitioner and he denied ownership of the wheat in question. It is also submitted that bags of F.C.I. and/or S.F.C. are available in the market in abundance and any one can use those bags for the purpose of carrying food grains. Taking into consideration the aforesaid submissions let the petitioner, namely, Basudeo Chaudhary @ Bashudeo Choudhary in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/communication of the order be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.5,000/- (five 2 thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of S.D.J.M., Saharsa in connection with Sadar P.S. Case No.18 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Md.S. ( Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)