Pyarelal Prasad v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14966 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-9 Year-2007 Thana- CUSTOM (GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL) District- East Champaran ====================================================== Pyarelal Prasad S/O Vishwanath Prasad R/O Village- Pandey Tola, P.SMuffasil Bettiah, District- West Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1 .
The State of Bihar 2.
The Union of India Delhi ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Shiva Shankar Sharma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ajay Kumar Jha, APP For OP 2 :
Mr. Vikas Kumar , Sr. SC ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-04-2025 Heard learned counsels for the parties.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 20 ( b ), (ii), (c) and 23 of the N.D.P.S. Act.
3 . As per prosecution case , on the alleged date and time of occurrence , 332 kg of Narcotics ( ganja) worth Rs. 66,4000/- was recovered from seized motorcycle . Petitioner happens to be registered owner of the seized motorcycle .
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case . No incriminating article has been recovered from conscious possession of this petitioner.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14966 of 2025(2) dt.07-04-2025 2/2 Petitioner claims clean antecedents.
5. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner and submitted that petitioner is involved in the present case and huge quantity of ganja has been recovered from the seized motorcycle of which this petitioner is registered owner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, nature of accusation and fact that huge quantity of ganja has been recovered from the vehicle of which this petitioner happens to be registered owner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is rejected. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U