CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1538 OF 2001 In the matter of an application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ----------- Sharwan Kumar Banjarka, S/O Late Jagdish Prasad Banjarka, resident of Saraiyaganj, P.S. Muzaffarpur, Town and District- Muzaffarpur ------------------ Petitioner Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ------------ For the petitioner: Sri D.N.Tiwary, Advocate For the State: Sri Surendra Prasad Singh, A.P.P. ------------- P R E S E N T THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR Rakesh Kumar, J. The sole petitioner, while invoking inherent jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, has prayed for quashing of an order dated 17.11.1999 passed by the learned Special Judge, Essential Commodities Act, Muzaffarpur in Trial No. 141 of 1999 arising out of Town P.S. Case No.336 of 1998. Sri D.N.Tiwary, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that the order was passed by the learned Special Judge, E.C.Act after the Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Act had come to an end and, as such, learned Special Judge was having no jurisdiction to pass order of cognizance. In view of order passed in Cr.Misc.No.716 of 2000 and other analogous cases, this petition is allowed and order of cognizance is set aside. The case is remitted back to the concerned learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/ S.D.J.M. to consider the matter afresh. 2 With the above observation and direction, the petition stands allowed. Patna High Court,Patna Dated : the 4th August,2010 Nawal Kishore Singh/ N.A.F.R. ( Rakesh Kumar, J )