New Delhi: In a significant judgment emphasizing the strict regulatory framework for narcotics, the Patna High Court has refused bail to Nilendra Kumar Karan Nilendra, arrested after 40 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup were recovered from a vehicle at the Indo-Nepal border.

Justice Jitendra Kumar observed that possession of codeine syrup, even with a concentration below 2.5%, is regulated under the NDPS Act and falls outside the purview of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. The court invoked Section 37 of the NDPS Act, which mandates stringent measures for commercial quantities, and denied bail.

The case arose from an FIR regarding the alleged unauthorized transportation of codeine syrup across the border.

Nilendra Kumar Karan Nilendra and another accused were apprehended in Harlak

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