Gunja Kumari @ Gunja Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15726 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-315 Year-2025 Thana- ARARIA District- Araria ====================================================== Gunja Kumari @ Gunja devi D/o- Bechan Prasad Sah Jayprakash Nagar, Mushari Tola, W.No-7, Ps- Araria Dist- Araria, A/P- Jaiprakash Nagar, Mushari Tola W.No-7, Ps- Araria Dist- Araria ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Tejas Vatsa, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Satya Nand Shukla, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 25-03-2026 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner who apprehends arrest in connection with Araria P.S. Case No. 315 of 2025 lodged on 05.08.2025, for the offences punishable under sections 8(c) and 219b) of the NDPS Act.
3. As per the prosecution, recovery of 6 grams of smack is the subject matter of the present case.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. It is further submitted that the antecedents of the petitioner are clean. It is also submitted that the alleged recovery has not been made from the conscious possession of the petitioner; rather, her name has
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15726 of 2026(2) dt.25-03-2026 2/2 been implicated only on account of the allegations against her husband.
5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for bail and submits that the alleged recovery has been made from a shop where both the petitioner and her husband used to sit. It is further submitted that, as per the F.I.R., persons of the locality had earlier objected to the petitioner and her husband and warned them not to indulge in activities such as selling NDPS substances from the said shop, but they ignored such warnings.
6. In this background, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner in connection with the aforementioned case, pending before the learned Sessions Jude cum Special Judge, NDPS, Araria is hereby rejected.
(Dr. Anshuman, J) Ashwini/- U T