IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.16549 of 2008 C.P.YADAV @ CHANDRIKA PRASAD YADAV Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 02. 05.05.2008 This is an application for the grant of regular bail in a case under section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act and sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B of the Indian Penal Code, against three persons including the petitioner. Block Supply Officer lodged FIR alleging therein that Sadar S.D.O. along with other officials conducted a raid in the Food Corporation Godown, Araria where Supply Inspector Md. Aslam was found standing and wheat was being loaded on different vehicles. It was found that 120 bags of wheat were loaded on a trailer without number standing in the campus and there was no claimant of that wheat. Learned lawyer for the petitioner submits that petitioner happens the Godown Manager of that Godown but he was not present there. He submits that the provision of Essential Commodities Act in the case of Godown Manager is not applicable. He submits that so far as sections of the Penal Code are concerned, those sections are also not applicable. He, therefore, prays for grant of bail. Considering the submissions made, petitioner C. P. Yadav @ Chandrika Prasad Yadav is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10, 000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the S.D.J.M., Araria in Special Case No. 02 of 2008 arising out of Araria P S Case No. 55 of 2008. rkp (Anwar Ahmad, J) - 2 -