Kanpur: An additional district and session judge, Azad Singh on Thursday dismissed the second bail application of Sumit Kesarwani, operator of Balaji Medical store, who was charged by the police for selling codeine syrup illegally.In his order, the presiding judge observed that drug inspector Om Pal Singh, Jyotsana Anand and assistant commissioner (drug) raided the medical store on Oct 12,2025. During the inspection, the team observed that codiene syrup and calmapic (0.5 mg alprazolam) were being sold illegally and stored. The court said the investigation was going on and, therefore, without making any comment on merit, it dismissed the bail application of the accused. The accused was charged under various section of the NDPS Act.Counsel for the accused argued that this was the second bail application of the accused. Since the first bail application was not prepared and incomplete, it was withdrawn. He was falsely implicated in competition. He alleged that the drug inspector raised a demand of Rs 10 lakh and the accused refused to oblige them. Therefore, he was charged under the NDPS Act. The prosecution, led by Dilip Awasthi, district govt counsel, and Vinod Tripathi, additional district govt counsel, pleaded that besides cough syrup, alprazol tablets were found in the shop. There was no record of sale and purchase of both drugs. tnn
