IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.12274 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-651 Year-2025 Thana- KISHANGANJ District- Kishanganj ====================================================== 1. Manjur Alam S/o Md Muslim R/o vill- Bagalbari, Thana- Kochadhaman, District- Kishanganj 2. Abdul Basir S/o Abdul Sattar Ali R/o vill - Belwa Kasipur, P.S. and Distt.- Kishanganj ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioners : Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, Advocate For the State : Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24-02-2026 Heard Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, learned APP appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 317(5) of the B.N.S. and Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act. 3. As per prosecution case, Petitioner No. 1 is driver and Petitioner No. 2 is owner of the tractor which was seized loaded with 150 bags of fertilizers which was taken for the purpose of black marketing. 4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.12274 of 2026(2) dt.24-02-2026 2/3 have committed no offence. As a matter of fact, petitioners have falsely been implicated in this case merely because Petitioner No. 1 is driver and Petitioner No. 2 is woner of the seized tractor. Petitioners are not P.D.S. dealer and were not aware of the nature of consignment and have got no concern with the seized fertilizers. As a matter of fact, the tractor in question is used as a public career and the seized fertilizers were loaded on fare and petitioners were unaware of the nature of consignment. Petitioners claim clean antecedents. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, nature of accusation and clean antecedents of the petitioners, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners is allowed. 7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioners be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.12274 of 2026(2) dt.24-02-2026 3/3 Magistrate, Kishanganj in connection with Kishanganj P.S. Case No. 651 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.. shashank/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T