IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.49836 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-89 Year-2020 Thana- BAISI District- Purnia ====================================================== Aftab Alam S/o Kasim Resident of Surjapur, P.S.- Bairgachhi, District- Araria ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Md Fazle Karim, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Anil Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 2 11-08-2025 Heard Mr. Md. Fazle Karim, learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Special Case No. 05 of 2020 arising out of Baisi P.S. Case No. 89 of 2020 for the offence punishable under sections 274, 275 and 276 of the Indian Penal Code, Section 21(b) of NDPS Act and Section 27(b)(ii), 28 and 27(d) of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. 3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that during patrolling, cartoons of ESKUF cough syrup were found from the dickey of Scorpio car. This led to the FIR. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that though it was taken on lease from the original owner, he had returned it but got implicated. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49836 of 2025(2) dt.11-08-2025 2/2 5. Learned APP submits that not only he has criminal antecedent, the matter is of the year 2020 and he evaded arrest. 6. Taking into account the submissions of the parties as also the fact that he came into judicial custody only after a period of five years, for the present, this Court is not inclined to grant him the privilege of bail, which is accordingly rejected. Vijay Singh/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U T