IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16609 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-90 Year-2021 Thana- BHAGALPUR KOTWALI District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Gaurav Anand S/O Arvind Kumar Rana Resident of village- Amour, Mehrma, P.S. Balbadda, District- Godda, State- Jharkhand, 814160 ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. THE UNION OF INDIA through Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Bambam Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ram Sevak Choudhary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 3 07-05-2026 Heard the parties. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Kotwali (Jogsar) P.S. Case No. 90 of 2021 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 20 and 22 of N.D.P.S. Act, lodged on 08.02.2021 by the informant Ajay Kumar Ajnabi. 3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that upon secret information about selling of the brown sugar, the place was raided, Akash Kumar was apprehended and upon search there is recovery/seizure of 4 gram 310 miligram brown sugar beside the mobile phones. He gave the name of this petitioner as the person from whom he has bought the said brown sugar. Accordingly, the F.I.R. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16609 of 2026(3) dt.07-05-2026 2/2 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that only because of the name given by the arrested person, he has been implicated. 5. Learned State counsel on the other hand opposed the prayer submitting that he is a named accused in the present case lodged in the year 2021 and has chosen to move before this Court five years later. 6. Taking into account the submissions of the parties as also the delay in coming to the Court, no relief can be extended, the anticipatory bail application stands rejected. vinayak/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U T