CRL OP No. 2222 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 02-02-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE K.RAJASEKAR CRL OP No. 2222 of 2026 Rahul Kumar S/o.Birendra Prasath Singh, Kausal Nivas, 3rd Floor, Ganga Vihar Colony, Patna, State of Bihar. ..Petitioner(s) Vs The State rep.by, The Inspector of Police, Vellore South L and O Police Station, Vellore District. Cr.No.210 of 2025. ..Respondent(s) Prayer: This petition is filed under Section 483 of BNSS to enlarge the petitioner on bail in Cr.No.210 of 2025 on the file of the respondent police. __________ Page1 of 5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP No. 2222 of 2026 For Petitioner(s): M/S.M.Sathish Kumar S.Raja Ravi Varma D.Ajith Kumar B.Karthik K.Sathish Kumar For Respondent(s): Mr.A.Gopinath, Govt Advocate ( Crl side) ORDER The petitioner, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 13.01.2026 for the offence under Sections 111 & 123 of BNS in Crime No.210 of 2025 registered on the file of the respondent, seeks bail. 2. The case of the prosecution is that this petitioner along with other accused used to supply tapentadol tablets to the general public. It is alleged that the petitioner and other accused mix the tapentadol tablets in the saline water and inject it using syringe needles. This is done for gaining immediate addictive effect which directly manipulates the central nervous system. The case starts from the recovery made from the A1 and investigation reveals that 18 persons have been identified and the tapentadol tablets was supplied from Bihar to Tamil Nadu by way of parcel, online payment with multiple distributors. __________ Page2 of 5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP No. 2222 of 2026 Thereafter, a case was registered and all the accused persons were arrested. Hence, this petition. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is running a pharmacy and he used to sell the tablets based on the prescription produced by the general public and he has not sold the tablets to the arrested accused persons in this case and he has been falsely implicated in this case. He further submitted that the petitioner is ready to co-operate with the investigation and ready to abide by any other stringent condition that may be imposed by this Court. Hence prays to grant bail to the petitioner. 4.The learned Government Advocate (Criminal Side) appearing for the respondent while opposing the bail to the petitioner, reiterated the prosecution case and submitted that this petitioner is running a pharmacy and he was found in possession of 3,000 nos of tapentadol tablets and it is alleged that the petitioner mix the tapentadol tablets in the saline water and inject it using syringe needles. He further submitted that the petitioner is main a person to distribute the tapendatadol tablets and investigation in this case is pending and the total quantity involved in this case is 3,414 tablets. Hence opposed to grant bail to the petitioner. __________ Page3 of 5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP No. 2222 of 2026 5. Considering the submissions made by both sides and the fact that the quantity involved in this case is very high and investigation in this case is pending and there was interstate supply and the specific overt act attributed against the petitioner and investigation in this case is not yet completed, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Hence, this Criminal original petition is dismissed. 02-02-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Neutral Citation: Yes/No SMN To. 1. The Inspector of Police, Vellore South L and O Police Station,Vellore District. 2. The Public Prosecutor, High Court Madras __________ Page4 of 5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP No. 2222 of 2026 K.RAJASEKAR, J. smn CRL OP No. 2222 of 2026 02-02-2026 __________ Page5 of 5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis