IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.89112 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-141 Year-2025 Thana- HASANPUR District- Samastipur ====================================================== Deepak Kumar Singh S/o Late Madhu Sudhan Singh @ Maksudan Prasad Singh Resident of Village- Ward No. 11 Atapur Nakuni, Govindpur, P.S.- Hasanpur, District- Samastipur (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Kumar Gaurav For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Vinod Shanker Modi ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 12-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for offence under Sections 316(2), 318(4) of the B.N.S., 2023 and Section 7 of the E.C.Act, 1955. 3. Petitioner, who is P.D.S. Dealer, is alleged to have committed irregularities in the distribution of subsidized foodgrains. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. F.I.R. has been lodged after a delay of 142 days and there is no plausible explanation of delay. The entire finding of shortage of foodgains is based on e-POS machine and it is well known that there is always differences between the physical stock and e-POS machine. Moreover, the license of petitioner has already been Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89112 of 2025(2) dt.12-02-2026 2/2 suspended, against which, petitioner approached this Court by filing C.W.J.C. No. 11691 of 2025 and vide order dated 06.08.2025, a coordinate Bench of this Court has quashed the order of suspension of P.D.S. license of petitioner. Petitioner is in custody since 24.09.2025, having no criminal antecedent. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for bail. 6. Considering the nature of accusation and period of custody, let the above named petitioner be released 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 District & Addl. Sessions Judge – I, Rosera (Samastipur) in connection with Hasanpur P.S. Case No. 141 of 2025. anay (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T