Raju SinghversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28675 of 2026
                      Arising Out of PS. Case No.-98 Year-2025 Thana- Karnamepur District- Bhojpur
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                 Raju Singh S/O Baji Nath Singh @ Baijnath Singh Resident Of Village-
                 Makhdumpur, Police Station- Behiya, District- Bhojpur

                                                                                    ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                        Versus
                 The State of Bihar Patna

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Kumar Pandey, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr. Dilip Kumar No.1, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA
                                       ORAL ORDER

3   10-06-2026                   Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

                   APP for the State.

                                   2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for

                   the offence punishable under Section 20(b) (ii) (B)/29 of the

                   NDPS Act.

                                   3. As per the prosecution case, 6.135 kgs of Ganja

                   was recovered from the co-accused, Nand Gopal Sharma and

                   6.155 kgs of Ganja was recovered from the backpack of the

                   petitioner.

                                   4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the

                   petitioner that the co-accused, Nand Gopal Sharma from whom

                   6.135 kgs of Ganja was recovered has already been granted bail

                   by the learned Court below but the prayer for bail of the

                   petitioner was rejected on the ground that the petitioner has one
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          criminal antecedent of similar nature of the offence. Learned

          counsel for the petitioner has pointed out that in earlier case

          lodged against the petitioner, he has already been granted the

          privilege of anticipatory bail by a coordinate Bench of this

          Court vide order dated 17.07.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No.45107

          of 2025 (Annexure-P/3 to this application) as no recovery was

          made from the petitioner in the said case. It is further submitted

          that recovered contraband is of intermediary quantity, much less

          than of commercial quantity. The petitioner has been

          languishing in custody since 23.12.2025 and charge-sheet has

          already been submitted.

                          5. Learned APP for the State opposed the bail

          petition.

                      6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances

          of the case and also considering the fact that the recovered

          contraband is much less than               the commercial quantity and

          charge-sheet has been submitted in this case, the above named

          petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail

          bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties

          of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court

          below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection

          with Karnamepur P.S. Case No.98 of 2025,                 subject to the
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                      conditions that :

                                   (i) One of the bailors will be his own blood relative,

                      preferably, father, mother, brother, sister and/or his wife.

                                   (ii) The petitioner shall remain physically present in

                      court on each and every date during trial and in the event of

                      failure on two consecutive dates without sufficient reasons, his

                      bail bonds shall be liable to be cancelled by the learned court

                      concerned.


                                                (Soni Shrivastava, J)

Trivedi/-

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