Banned cough syrup case: Allahabad HC grants interim bail to two brothers
Allahabad High Court
Lucknow: Granting interim relief in a high-profile banned cough syrup case, the Allahabad High Court has granted interim bail to two brothers, observing that no recovery was made from their possession.
Justice Karunesh Singh Pawar of the Lucknow bench passed orders on December 18 on separate bail applications by Vibhor Rana and Vishal Singh, who were arrested on November 13 for allegedly diverting stock of Phensedyl cough syrup. He has fixed January 5 as the next date of hearing.
Earlier, the state government vehemently opposed their bail pleas and sought time to file its reply.
While granting the interim bail, the court noted that in this case, three other accused -- Shailendra Arya, from whose truck the banned medicine was recovered, Pawan Gupta and Devendra Kumar Vishwakarma -- have already been granted bail.
It also noted that in a similar case, the accused were granted relief by discharging them on the ground that no offence was made out under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
As per PTI, the court said the names of the accused persons came to light on the basis of statements of co-accused Bittu Kumar and Sachin Kumar, but no recovery was made from them.
The court asked the two accused to cooperate in the investigation during the period of their interim bail and that they would make themselves available as and when required by the investigating officer. During this period, it said, the accused would not tamper with prosecution evidence.
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