The appellants Ritesh Kumar and Robin Rai @ Naveen Rai challenged their conviction by the 6th Additional Sessions Judge, Muzaffarpur, under Section 20(b)(ii)(B) of the NDPS Act, 1985, for alleged recovery of 500 grams of charas each from their possession at a Kashmiri Mela near Shyam Cinema Hall on 23.12.2011. The appellants raised multiple grounds including: the Investigating Officer was himself a member of the raiding party; non-compliance with Section 50 (search without Magistrate/Gazetted Officer) and Section 52A (no inventory, no Magistrate-certified samples) of the NDPS Act; an unexplained delay of about one year in sending the sample to the Forensic Science Laboratory; and the fact that both independent seizure list witnesses turned hostile and denied any seizure in their presence. The State supported the conviction, arguing the official witnesses consistently corroborated the recovery, the FSL report confirmed tetrahydrocannabinol, and the sealed condition of the sample cured the delay. The judgment text as provided does not record the final order/outcome of the High Court's decision.