HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 1399 of 2025 Court No. - 15 HON'BLE KARUNESH SINGH PAWAR, J. 1.The present anticipatory bail application has been filed seeking anticipatory bail in complaint case No.1645 of 2024 under sections 18(Ga)/27(Kha)(ii), 18Ka/28, 18Ka(i)/27 Drug & Cosmetics Act, P.S. Sakran, district Sitapur. 2.Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned Additional Government Advocate for the State. 3.Learned A.G.A. at the outset has raised an objection and submits that the prosecution has been initiated via complaint case filed under Drugs and Cosmetics Act. Under the complaint case, a bailable warrant has been issued to the applicant. He has relied on a judgment passed by a coordinate Bench of this court at Allahabad in Asheesh Kumar versus State of U.P. 2025(132) ACrC 809 in which Constitution Bench judgment of Supreme Court in Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia versus State of Punjab (19802 SCC 565 has been referred, and submits that in complaint case, when bailable warrant is issued, the anticipatory bail application is not maintainable as there is no apprehension of arrest to the accused. 4.I have considered the submission and perused the record. A perusal of the record shows that the trial court while rejecting the application for anticipatory bail has observed as under : "7-अिभयोजन कथानक में विणत तथ्यों व प्ऴावली पर उपलब्ध समस्त ्ऺप्ऴों के अवलोकन Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Narendra Gupta Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shaharuddin .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) से िविदत होता है िक अिभयु्व शहरू्दीन पर िबना लाइसेंस के फजर् मेिडकल स्टोर चलाने एवं नकली औषिध के िनमार्ण, भण्डारण एवं िब्वी िकये जाने का आरोप है। अिभयु्व के मेिडकल स्टोर से तीन सफे द प्लािस्टक की बोिरयों में अिभगृिहत औषिधयों को रखकर सवर् सील मोहर िकया गया। राजकीय िव्शेषक के िव्शेषण में बरामद औषिधयाँ मानक गुणव्ता से िनम्नतर नकली औषिधयाँ पाई गयीं। स्वयं अिभयु्व ्षारा नोिटस के जवाब में यह स्वीकार िकया गया है िक वह एस.डी. मेिडकल स्टोर, सकरन, थाना सकरन जनपद सीतापुर का स्वामी है तथा उसकी दुकान का िनरी्षण िदनांक 28.08.2023 को िकया गया था। उसने कु छ दवाएँ खरीदकर रख ली थी परन्तु िव्वय आिद नहीं िकया था। उसने स्वयं गलती को स्वीकार िकया है। इस ्ऺकार अिभयु्व पर िबना लाइसेंस के फजर् मेिडकल स्टोर चलाने एवं मानक गुणव्ता से िनम्नतर नकली औषिध के िनमार्ण, भण्डारण एवं िब्वी िकये जाने का आरोप है।" 5.Thus, considering the fact that prima facie spurious drugs have been recovered from the Medical Store operated by the accused applicant which was being run without licence and the accused himself has accepted in response to the notice that he is the owner of S.S.D. Medical Store, Sakran, P.S. Sakran, district Sitapur, it does not appear to be a case of false implication, as also considering the judgment in the case of Asheesh Kumar (supra), no case for anticipatory bail is made out. 6. The application is dismissed accordingly. December 19, 2025 kkb/ ABAIL No. 1399 of 2025 2 (Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.) Digitally signed by :- KRISHNA KUMAR BARANWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench