Ramakant Giri v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.54659 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -1 Year- 2017 Thana -D.R.I District- PATNA ======================================================

1. Ramakant Giri, Son of Sri Sudarshan Giri, Resident of Ward No. 3, Harijan Toli, Behind Devi Mandir, Masar, Police Station- Udwant Nagar (Gajrajganj), District- Bhojpur (Arrah).

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Sri Ramanand Choudhary, Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Regional Unit Patna office of Deputy Director, Govt. of India Vardan Arya Samaj Mandir Road, R.P.S. More West Bailey Road, Danapur, Patna Pin- 801503.

.... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Braj Bhushan Mishra For the U.O.I. : Mr. Anjani Kumar Sharan (ASG) Mr. Manoj Kumar Singh, CGC For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Ganesh Prasad Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 10-01-2018 Heard the counsels for the parties.

The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Special Case No.

of 2017, arising out of D.R.I.F.

No.

DRI/LZU/PRU/718(II)/ENQ-01/2017 dated 04.01.2017 instituted for the offence under Section 8(C) of the N.D.P.S. Act. The petitioner along with two others was caught on a vehicle from where 1814.70kgs of Ganja, costing about Rs. 1,01,23500/-, was recovered.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that he was only a gratuitous passenger as he was required to attend to his

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.54659 of 2017 (3) dt.10-01-2018 2/2 ailing brother. The petitioner did not have any knowledge about the Ganja kept in the vehicle and he does not have any criminal antecedent.

However, taking into account the fact that the petitioner was found occupying a vehicle, from where huge quantity of Ganja has been recovered, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to him for the present.

The prayer for bail of the petitioner is thus rejected. The petitioner may renew his prayer for bail, if there is no sufficient progress in the trial.

(Ashutosh Kumar, J.) Rakhi U T