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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD)

5 29-01-2026 Re : I.A. No. 02 of 2025 Heard learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Ajay Mishra, learned counsel for the Union of India, who is representing the Narcotic Control Bureau on this interlocutory application seeking suspension of sentence and release on bail to the appellant during pendency of the appeal.

2. It has been pointed out that similar prayer has been made in the memorandum of appeal also.

3. Lower Court records have been placed before this Court.

4. The appellant has been convicted vide judgment dated 08.04.2025 and sentenced vide order dated 16.04.2025 in Sessions Trial No. 43 of 2018 arising out of N.C.B. Case No. 16 of 2018 passed by learned Exclusive Special Judge, N.D.P.S., Bettiah, West Champaran, for the offence punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c) and 23(c) of the N.D.P.S. Act and has been ordered to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 15 years and a fine of Rs. 1,50,000/- for the offence under Section 20(b)(ii)(c) of the N.D.P.S. Act and in defau