IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.41524 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-139 Year-2024 Thana- JOKIHAT District- Araria ====================================================== Masood Alam @ Md. Masood Alam @ Md. Masud S/o Late Mustaque Resident of Village- Matiyari, Ward No. 06, Police Station- Jokihat, District- Araria ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ramesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Yogendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 2 09-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Jokihat P.S. Case No. 139 of 2024, dated 18.04.2024, instituted under Sections 21(A) and 21(B) of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act. 3.The allegation is of the recovery of 105 liters of Eskuf cough syrup and 14,700 Nitrazepam tablets from the house of co-accused Massi Alam, and 32.5 liters of codeine cough syrup from the cow shed of the petitioner. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that nothing has been Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41524 of 2025(2) dt.09-07-2025 2/2 recovered from the dwelling house of the petitioner; rather, the alleged recovery of 32.5 liters of Eskuf ( codeine-rich cough syrup) was made from the cattle shed of petitioner Masood Alam, which is situated outside the residential house. The petitioner has no concern whatsoever with the said seized articles. Lastly, it is submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedents. 5. Learned APP has opposed the prayer for bail. 6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Principle District and sessions Judge, Araria, in Jokihat P.S. Case No. 139 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023. 7. The application stands allowed. shyambihari/- (Khatim Reza, J) U