IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.36413 of 2011 Santosh Kumar, S/o Late Gauri Shankar Prasad Singh, resident of village- Malpur, P.S.-Maranchi, District-Patna. ………Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar …….Opp. Party. ----------- 2 04.11.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act. It is submitted that in the present case the search and seizure has been effected by the Officer-in-Charge of Muffasil police station, Samastipur, who was not authorized under the L.P.G. order 2000 to effect search and seizure. The petitioner is neither distributor of Gas Agency nor owner of the truck or the pick-up van in question. He has nothing to do with the gas cylinders in question. It is also submitted that the offence under Section 7 of the E.C. Act would not be attracted against the petitioner as there is nothing in the F.I.R. to show that he violated any order of Section 3 of the E.C. Act. Be that as it may considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, I/c Samastipur in 2 connection with Samastipur (Muffasil) P.S. Case No. 499 of 2011. Sanjeet/ (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)