Nirmal Haldar @ Nirmal Halder v. The Union Of India

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.20361 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-25 Year-2016 Thana- D.R.I District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Nirmal Haldar @ Nirmal Halder S/o Tarapada Haldar @ Tarapad Haldar, R/o Village- Ranga Gachh, Machhli Market, P.O. + P.S.- Chopra, District- Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The Union of India ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Arvind Kumar, Advocate For the UOI :

Mr. Anjani Kumar Sharan, ASG Mr. Manoj Kumar Singh, CGC ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 10-04-2018 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

Petitioner, already in custody, seeks bail in connection with D.R.I. (N.D.P.S.) Case No.02/16-17, registered under Sections 20, 25 and 29 of the N.D.P.S. Act.

Allegation in brief is that 400.39 kgs. of ganja kept in 27 packets was found carrying away concealed in a truck by the driver and the cleaner.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the cleaner and had no knowledge of keeping the contraband in the truck; whereas the learned counsel for the State submits that both were carrying ganja of huge commercial quantity in the truck and apprehended by the police. Having considered the recovery of huge quantity of

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20361 of 2018(3) dt.10-04-2018 2/2 ganja, the prayer of bail of the petitioner is rejected in connection with D.R.I. (N.D.P.S.) Case No.02/16-17, pending in the court of learned 1st Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, Children's Court, Muzaffarpur.

(Arun Kumar, J) S.KUMAR/- U T