IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.861 of 2010 RAM BIHARI SINGH,son of Sri Ram Bhajan Singh (Principal) Utkaramit Middle School Chandi, P.S.-Sikraul,District-Buxar, Permanent Address-Diwanke Baraka Gaon(Ram Dhayan Ke Tola,P.S.-Sikraul,District-Buxar. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 03/ 05-04-2010 Heard Mr. Saghir Ahmad, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Mr. Dashrath Mehta, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Sikraul P.S.Case No.50 of 2009 dated 01-11-2009, registered for the offence under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is the Head Master of upgraded Middle school, Chandi, District- Buxar. According to the prosecution case, six quintals of rice supplied for mid-day-meal was being carried by a teacher, which was subsequently seized by the police and the case was instituted. It is also submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner, that even according to prosecution case, none of the orders issued in terms of Section 3 of the E.C. Act punishable under Section 7 of the said Act, is said to have been violated by the petitioner. Therefore, no offence is at all made out under Section 7 of the E.C. Act. In the aforesaid background, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of four weeks from today in the above noted case, the above named petitioner shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two 2 sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Buxar, subject to the conditions as laid down under sub- section (2) of Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. AH/ ( Birendra Prasad Verma, J.)