Special CBI Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Abhinav Pathak, director of Abhinav Biotech Pvt Ltd in Karol Bagh area of central Delhi from whom the drug inspector had allegedly seized drugs, which were stored without the requisite licence for distribution of allopathic drugs.
“Therefore, the custodial interrogation of the applicant would be required for ascertaining the fact, as to from whom and from where he had procured such huge amounts of anti- cancer drugs without any license and without any invoices, which is a matter of serious concern,” the court said.
The court said that prima facie an offence under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act was attracted towards the accused, which entails a maximum imprisonment of five years and a fine of Rs one lakh or three times the value of the confiscated drugs, whichever is more.
