Yogendra Kumar Das v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Crim. Misc. No. 12304 of 2026, decided 24-02-2026 (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J.): anticipatory bail allowed to Yogendra Kumar Das apprehending arrest in Kadwa P.S. Case No. 250 of 2025 (Katihar) under Section 318(4) BNS and Section 7 Essential Commodities Act for alleged PDS black-marketing (shortage of 57.74 quintal rice and 9.64 quintal wheat); defence cited 12-day FIR delay and defective ePOS machine; decisive factor was suspension of petitioner's PDS licence; bail bond Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties; Section 482(2) BNSS 2023 conditions imposed; no precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail allowed; petitioner to be enlarged on bail upon arrest/surrender within eight weeks on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Katihar, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.