IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56872 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-161 Year-2024 Thana- Lakho District- Begusarai ====================================================== Chandradeo Paswan S/o Late Dukhharan Paswan Res of village- Ayodhyawari, Lalu Nagar, PS- Lakho, District- Begusarai ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Chandan Kumar Kashyap, Adv. For the State : Mr. Nagendra Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 29-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 316 (5) of the B.N.S. and Section 07 of the E.C. Act. 3. The allegation in the FIR is that of shortage in the storage of food grains in the PDS shop of the petitioner, who is the PDS dealer. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the PDS dealer and he had already made a complaint to the concerned authorities several times with regard to the defective PoS machine showing wrong figure of stock. It is further submitted that no consumer has made any complaint against the present petitioner of non-supplying of Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56872 of 2025(2) dt.29-08-2025 2/2 food grains, etc. It has specifically been stated in paragraph 15 of this petition that the license of the PDS shop of the petitioner has already been cancelled by the licensing authority. 5. Learned APP for the State, however, opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and particularly the fact that the license of the petitioner has already been cancelled, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned lower Court where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Lakho P.S. Case No. 161 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C/ 482 (2) of the BNSS, 2023. divyanshi/- (Soni Shrivastava, J) U T