Full Judgment
12. 01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioner being the PDS dealer is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 7 of the Excise Act. It is alleged that instead of 35 Kgs of grains at the rate of Rs. 105/- the petitioner supplied only 25 Kgs grains at the rate of Rs. 160/- and also supplied 2.50 liters kerosene oil in stead of 2.75 liters to the beneficiaries. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that on record the distribution has properly been made as per the norms and the beneficiaries have also denied the accusation during the investigation. It is further submitted that from the F.I.R. it does not appear that any verification of the record has been done before the lodging the F.I.R. and the P.D.S. dealership of the petitioner has been suspended. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa, Nalanda in connection with Aungari P.S. Case No. 27/2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Amrendra Kumar/-