Dharmendra Kumar Sah @ Dharm @ Dharmendra Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19403 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-114 Year-2021 Thana- KOCHAS District- Rohtas ====================================================== Dharmendra Kumar Sah @ Dharm @ Dharmendra Kumar Son of Late Bans Narayan Sah Resident of Village - Chittaini, P.S. - Parsathua, District - Rohtas ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Krishna Prasad Singh, Sr. Advocate For the State :
Mr. Mohammad Sufyan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 09-05-2025 Heard Mr. Krishna Prasad Singh, learned Senior counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Mohammad Sufyan, learned APP for the State.
2. Petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since 03.08.2023, in connection with N.D.P.S. Case No. 10 of 2021 arising out of Kochas P.S. Case No. 114 of 2021, F.I.R. dated 13.07.2021 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 8, 20(b)(ii)(c), 25, 29 of the N.D.P.S. Act.
3. Learned Senior counsel for the petitioner submits that earlier the petitioner had moved before this Court for grant of bail which was rejected vide order dated 11.07.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 32555 of 2024. Learned Senior counsel for the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19403 of 2025(3) dt.09-05-2025 2/3 petitioner further submits that the name of the petitioner has been transpired on the basis of confessional statement of coaccused person and except the aforesaid, no other cogent material has come during investigation to suggest the involvement of the petitioner in the present occurrence.
4. Learned APP for the State, on the other hand, vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that earlier similarly situated co-accused person namely Chhotu Kumar had moved for bail before this Court which was rejected on 20.04.2022 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 58896 of 2021 and apart from that paragraph-3 of the bail petition that the petitioner is also involved in other N.D.P.S. matter which suggests that the petitioner is a regular offender with respect to N.D.P.S. Act and apart from that the recovered contraband is more than the commercial quantity and hence there is embargo under Section 37 of the N.D.P.S. Act to enlarge the petitioner on bail.
5. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail in connection with N.D.P.S. Case No. 10 of 2021 arising out of Kochas P.S. Case No. 114 of 2021 pending in the Court of learned District & Sessions Judge, Rohtas at Sasaram
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6. Prayer is refused.
7. However, the learned Trial Court is directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same at the earliest. (Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) Ibrar//- U T