IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13348 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-172 Year-2022 Thana- KOCHADHAMAN District- Kishanganj ====================================================== Kazi @ Abu Salim Son of Tauhid Alam @ Tohid Alam Resident of Village- Rahmat para Ward No. 2, P.S.- Kochadhaman, District- Kishanganj ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Rajeev Ranjan For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 19-08-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State, Sri Chandra Bhushan Prasad. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Kochadhaman P. S. Case No.172 of 2022 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 8, 8(C), 20(b)(ii)(A), 21(a), 29, 22 of the NDPS Act. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that Sajan and Md. Shakeel were apprehended and from possession of Sajan, 10 packets of smack along with other articles were recovered, while from Md. Shakeel Rs. 8,700/- along with other articles were recovered as detailed in the FIR, further on weighing, 05 grams smack along with 350 grams ganja was found, further the apprehended accused disclosed the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13348 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 2/3 name of gang member including the petitioner and also disclosed that Jasiro is the kingpin. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case based on confessional statement of apprehended accused. It is next submitted that petitioner was not apprehended from the spot, as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession. It is also submitted that even recovery of smack and ganja is of small quantity. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State, Sri Chandra Bhushan Prasad, opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner and submits that no doubt name of the petitioner transpired in the confessional statement of apprehended accused in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value but then the disclosure made by the apprehended accused requires to be corroborated for which interrogation of the accused is necessary. It is next submitted that of late in the State of Bihar young boys of impressionable age are getting addicted to dry intoxicants, it is also submitted that investigation is continuing. 6. Considering the submission made by learned APP, the Court is not inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13348 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 3/3 7. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is rejected. Sumit/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T