IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27701 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-891 Year-2025 Thana- SHASTRINAGAR District- Patna ====================================================== Aman Kumar S/o Radheshyam Jha R/o Village - Bangaon Ward No. 4, P.S - Bangaon, District - Saharsa, At Present Resident of - Jagdeopath Pillar No. 4, P.S - Shastrinagar, District - Patna ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Krishna Prasad Singh, Sr. Advocate Ms. Eashita Raj, Advocate For the State : Dr. Ajeet Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 10-06-2026 Heard learned senior counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 8(c), 21(B), 21(c), 25, 29 of the N.D.P.S. Act. 3. As per the prosecution case, altogether 4152 liters of Codeine based cough syrup and 7200 tablets of Nitrazepam were recovered. 4. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was only a labourer and was not the driver of the pickup vehicle, from which recovery of Codeine cough syrup and Nitrazepam Tablet was made. The petitioner had no idea about the presence of any narcotics substance. Further, the seizure list witnesses were not independent and the mandatory Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27701 of 2026(3) dt.10-06-2026 2/2 provision of Section 105 of B.N.S. was not complied. It has further been submitted that concentration of codeine in the present drug is less than 2.5% and the tablets are also of intermediary quantity. Moreover, other similarly situated co- accused, namely, Raushan Kumar, Aman Raj and Rishu Kumar have already been granted bail by a co-ordinate bench of this Court vide order dated 27.05.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 26086 of 2026. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent and has been languishing in custody since 01.12.2025. 5. Learned APP for the State opposed the bail petition. 6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and also considering the fact that the other similarly situated co-accused persons have already been granted bail, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M., Patna/concerned Court below in connection with Shastrinagar P.S. Case No. 891 of 2025. priyanka/- (Soni Shrivastava, J) U T