IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.40160 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-62 Year-2026 Thana- KURSAKANTA District- Araria ====================================================== Md. Ekram @ Akram S/o Late Naushad R/o Village - Dahuabari, Ward No. 14, P.S - Kursakanta, District - Araria ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Vijay Kishore Bharti For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Binod Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 29-06-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. Petitioner seeks bail who is in custody since 18.04.2026 in connection with Kursakanta P.S. Case No. 62 of 2026 for the offences punishable under Sections 8(c), 21(b) of the N.D.P.S Act. 3. The case of the prosecution in brief is that on input in course of evening patrolling, on 16.04.2026 Informant along with the police Sleuths and the deputed Magistrate Neha Kumari, the B.D.O, Kursakanta reached at Village-Dahuwabari at about 07. 25 P.M. Having police vehicle and police Sleuths, one person tried to scape from a side room but succeeded to nab. On interrogation, he gave his details. Having given notice U/S 50 of the N.D.P.S, Act, search of nabbed person was started Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.40160 of 2026(2) dt.29-06-2026 2/3 in presence of Magistrate. In presence of two persons among the family members, process of search of the nabbed person was started according to law. One Samsung Mobile set containing SI No. 7033684369, one electric balance, one blue colour Lunch box containing smack paper, one bundle Silver Paper, about 500 gtms, black polythene and Rs.19526/-Indian currency and Nepali Rs. 1080/-, a white colour polythene containing 07. 33 grams. Smack like substance and 38 pouches containing 11. 12 Grms. Smack like substance with pouches, total 18. 65 grms. of smack were recovered from room of nabbed person. He also said that he used to bring smack from Md. Jahid of Dahuabari and used to sell at Kursakanta. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is next submitted that there is non-compliance of mandatory provisions of the NDPS Act. 5. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State, on the other hand, has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that altogether 18.65 grams of smack was recovered from the house of the petitioner and there is compliance of the mandatory provisions of the NDPS Act. Apart from that it appears from paragraph-3 of the bail petition Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.40160 of 2026(2) dt.29-06-2026 3/3 that petitioner earlier has also been involved in the NDPS matter. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail in connection with Kursakanta P.S. Case No. 62 of 2026 pending in the court of learned Court of Sessions Judge-cum-Speical Judge N.D.P.S. Act, Araria. 7. Prayer is refused. Gaurav Sinha/- (Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) U T