IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.41958 of 2011 Sri Ram Prasad & Anr. Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 2. 13.12.2011 Heard counsel for the petitioners and counsel for the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Thawe P.S. Case No. 151of 2011 registered for committing the offences under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act. According to the F.I.R., 70 liters of kerosene oil was found kept in the shop of the petitioner. After raid of the shop the petitioner and others left the shop and on enquiry it transpired that the kerosene oil was being sold by the petitioners. Counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are the wholesale dealer of Dalda, Mustard oil and Refined and 70 liters of kerosene oil was kept for fuelling the generator. At the same time, it has also been submitted that the present case does not fall within the purview of the E.C.Act. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioners, namely, Sri Ram Prasad and Manoj Prasad be directed to be released, either in the event of their arrest by the police or surrender before the court below, on furnishing bail bonds each of Rs. 10,000/-( ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj, in the above noted case, subject to the conditions as laid down in Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Kanth ( Shivaji Pandey, J.)