Ajit Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No. 18048 of 2024, decision dated 19-03-2024, Justice Satyavrat Verma (oral order). Anticipatory bail application of Ajit Kumar rejected in respect of Madhepura (Ghailardh O.P.) P.S. Case No. 1162 of 2023 involving Section 21(c) N.D.P.S. Act and Section 30(a) Excise Act offences; alleged recovery of 58 litres of codeine-mixed cough syrup from petitioner's Maruti vehicle; petitioner claimed mere vehicle-owner implication; State opposed citing N.D.P.S. Act regime. Keywords: anticipatory bail, NDPS Act, Excise Act, codeine cough syrup, Madhepura, vehicle owner, bail rejected.
What did the court decide?
In view of the submissions of the learned A.P.P. (that the case is registered under the N.D.P.S. Act, that codeine comes within its purview, and that the recovery is admittedly from the petitioner's vehicle), the Court was not inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.