Patna High CourtCR. MISC./14705/2026bail granted

Jitendra Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2026-03-12Mr. Justice Khatim Reza3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14705 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-11 Year-2026 Thana- NOORSARAI District- Nalanda ====================================================== Jitendra Kumar, S/o Vijay Prasad @ Vijay Yadav, R/o Village - Kakhra, P.S - Noorsarai, District - Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Anirudh Kumar Sinha, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Md. Ataur Rahman, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 12-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Noorsarai P.S. Case No. 11 of 2026 dated 13.01.2026 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 8(c) and 21(b) of the N.D.P.S. Act.

3. As the F.I.R., the police received a secret information that one Rohit Kumar, son of Vijay Yadav is storing and selling brown sugar like substance at his house. During the raid in the house of Rohit Kumar, a persons attempted to flee away but was caught with the help of the police personnel and on being asked he disclosed his name as Jitendra Kumar (petitioner) and on search of the house

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14705 of 2026(2) dt.12-03-2026 2/3 106 packets containing brown sugar like substance was recovered from a concealed place in the room of the petitioner. The total weight of the seized contraband including the packets was found to be 135 gms.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. It is submitted that from perusal of the F.I.R., police personnel received secret information that one Rohit Kumar is storing and selling some contraband substance. The petitioner is full brother of the said Rohit Kumar and the house of the petitioner is joint house of the family. The seized contraband substance is much less than commercial quantity but more than the small quantity. The petitioner is in custody since 13.01.2026, having no criminal antecedents and charge-sheet has not been submitted in the case.

5. Learned A.P.P for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14705 of 2026(2) dt.12-03-2026 3/3 of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Principal Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, Nalanda, Biharsharif in connection with Noorsarai P.S. Case No. 11 of 2026.

(Khatim Reza, J) prabhat/- U T