Ranjeet Rai @ Indrajeet Kumar @ Indrijeet Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27849 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-199 Year-2020 Thana- SONBERSA District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Ranjeet Rai @ Indrajeet Kumar @ Indrijeet Rai S/o Gopal Ray R/o vill - Indarwa, P.s.- Sonbarsa, Distt.- Sitamarhi.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Uday Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ramchandra Sahni, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 07-05-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

02. In the present case, the petitioner seeks bail in connection with Sonbarsa P.S. Case No. 199 of 2020, registered 08.10.2020 for the alleged offences under Sections 8/20(b)(ii) (B) of NDPS Act.

03. As per prosecution case, police received secret information about petitioner bringing Ganja from Nepal and keeping it in his house. A raid was conducted, but during the raid, the petitioner is stated to have escaped. On search of the house of the petitioner, recovery of 12 kg. Ganja was made.

04. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. No occurrence as alleged has ever taken place. The

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27849 of 2025(2) dt.07-05-2025 2/3 recovery has been made from the joint abandoned house of the petitioner and not a single family member resides in that house and, as such, no case under NDPS Act is made out against the petitioner. The petitioner was not apprehended from the spot and nothing incriminating has been recovered from his conscious possession. Moreover, the recovery is less than the commercial quantity. The petitioner is in custody since 21,02.2025 and charge-sheet has been submitted. The petitioner is having antecedent of two cases of different nature.

05. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail. Learned APP submits that a large quantity of Ganja has been recovered from the house of petitioner, who fled away on seeing the police party.

06. Having regard to the facts and circumstances and submissions made on behalf of the parties and considering the fact that no recovery has been shown from the person or possession of this petitioner and further considering the period of custody of the petitioner along with submission of chargesheet, the petitioner above named is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, NDPS Act,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27849 of 2025(2) dt.07-05-2025 3/3 Sitamarhi in connection with Sonbarsa P.S. Case No. 199 of 2020, subject to the conditions mentioned in Section 480(3) of BNSS and the following conditions:

(i) One of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner.

(ii) The petitioner will remain present on each and every date fixed by the court below.

(iii) In case of absence on three consecutive dates or in violation of the terms of the bail, the bail bond of the petitioner will be liable to be cancelled by the court concerned.

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