IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6674 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-347 Year-2025 Thana- RANIYATALAB District- Patna ====================================================== Amrendra Paswan @ Amlendra Paswan S/o Late Sudarshan Paswan R/o vill - Dorapur, P.S. - Ranitalab, Distt.- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Arvind Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Parmeshwar Mehta ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 31-01-2026 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 Sections 316(5), 318(4) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 7 of the E.C. Act. 3. As per F.I.R., petitioner is a P.D.S. Dealer and is alleged to have embezzled Government subsidized foodgrain i.e. 54.69 quintal of wheat & 31.04 quintal of rice and sold the same in the black-market. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that allegations are based solely on so-called discrepancy between the e-POS data and physical stock without proper consideration of factual and technical aspects involved in operation of PDS system. The alleged discrepancy is not deliberate or intentional. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6674 of 2026(2) dt.31-01-2026 2/2 It is a common issue, being faced by PDS dealers. The alleged physical verification of stock was not in accordance with law and not supported by any independent witness. Moreover, the PDS license of petitioner has already been suspended by the S.D.O., Paliganj (Patna), vide Memo No 145 dated 12.09.2025 i.e. Annexure – 2 to the bail petition. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the bail petition. 6. In the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, 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 J.M. 1st Class, Danapur (Patna) in connection with Ranitalab P.S. Case No. 347 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. anay (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T