IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8774 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-160 Year-2025 Thana- VALMIKINAGAR District- West Champaran ====================================================== Jimmi Singh @ Jimmy Singh Son of Satyendra Singh @ Satendra Singh R/O Village - 3 R D Pul W, P.S. - Valmiky Nagar, District - West Champran. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ravi Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Sanjay Kumar Pandey, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 4 21-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Valmiki Nagar P.S. Case No. 160 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 8 (c) and 21 (b) of N.D.P.S. Act. 3. As per the prosecution case, the informant a police officer got a credible information from a spy that in a bus some codine containing cough syrup is being carried. The bus was intercepted and checked and total 160 bottles of codine containing cough syrup was recovered. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8774 of 2026(4) dt.21-04-2026 2/3 this case. It has been submitted that nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner rather the same has been recovered from a commercial vehicle which is accesible to all and in fact petitioner got alighted from the bus during the course of checking and the police officials mistakenly identified one of the person/conspirator who have been involved in the transit of the alleged codine containing cough syrup. Learned counsel for the petitioner has also drawn the attention of this court towards the quantity which the investigating agency has collected as regards the total amount of codine present in the consignment which comes to 18 gm which is much less than the commercial quantity and little more than small quantity. It has been submitted that charge sheet has been filed and there is no allegation of tampering against the petitioner. Lastly, it has been submitted that the petitioner has clean criminal antecedent and is in custody since 21.12.2025. 5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner. 6. Heard the parties and perused the record, let the petitioner above-named, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail- bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8774 of 2026(4) dt.21-04-2026 3/3 Special Judge (NDPS) West Champaran, Bettiah in connection with Valmiki Nagar P.S. Case No. 160 of 2025. 7. The application stands allowed vashudha/- (Praveen Kumar, J) U T