IN THE HIGH COUR T OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.23603 of 2011 Ravindra Kumar Mishra & Anr. Versus The State Of Bihar ----------- 2. 20.7.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. Petitioners, who are staff of Urmila Gas Agency, apprehending their arrest in Aurangabad Town P.S. Case No. 63 of 2011 for offence under Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code and read with Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act. According to the F.I.R. it appears that there is discrepancy in the domestic gas cylinders. It has been stated that on secret information a Boloro pick up van intercepted where, the van loaded with gas cylinders without proper document was being taken to Hariharganj. The van was made to stop and it was searched, on checked, number of commercial as well as domestic cylinders were recovered. The seizure list was prepared. It was further stated that the raiding party went to gas agency where, physical verification was made and transpired that there was discrepancies in the account of gas cylinder. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that actually there was no discrepancy on the relevant date. The closing balance of the gas cylinders on 6.3.2011 was 572 empty including 32 filled gas cylinders and on the next day the opening balance was the same but the company received 300 filled up gas cylinders 2 and empty gas cylinder then, it became 604 cylinders. In course of business, the company sold filled up cylinder to different consumers. In this way there was no discrepancy, as alleged in the FIR. In view of the fact, Prakash Chandra, who is said to be the proprietor of Urmila Gas Agency, has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 15242/2011 on 13.5.2011 whereas petitioners are employees of gas agency. In view of the above facts, in the event of arrest or surrender within 3 weeks, petitioners, namely, (1) Ravindra Kumar Mishra and (2) Sunil Kumar Singh are directed to be released on bail on their furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in P.S. Case No. 63 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2), Cr. P.C. Mkc/- (Shivaji Pandey, J.)