Parsu Ram Singh @ Parsooram Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18171 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-460 Year-2024 Thana- FATEHPUR District- Gaya ====================================================== Parsu Ram Singh @ Parsooram Singh Son of Lachho Singh village- Budoul, P.S.- Fatehpur, District- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Binay Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Parmeshwar Mehta ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 10-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act.
3. It is alleged that on physical verification of P.D.S. shop of petitioner, e-POS machine showed 17.63 quintals of wheat and 11.44 quintals of rice, against which, only 29.5 quintals of wheat was found in his shop and no rice was found and on inquiry, no satisfactory reply was given. Therefore, it revealed that petitioner sold the government food-grains in black-market.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that entire allegation is based on the data provided by e-POS machine, which was defective due to technical reason and
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18171 of 2025(2) dt.10-04-2025 2/2 therefor, on the basis of same, petitioner cannot be alleged to have sold the food-grains in open market. Moreover, during pendency of the case, the license of the petitioner has already been cancelled by the concerned authority. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, in the event of arrest/surrender before the Court below within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M. - X, Gaya in connection with Fatehpur P.S. Case No. 460 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) anay U T