Surya Singh @ Suraj Pal Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6632 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-107 Year-2020 Thana- ARA NAWADA District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Surya Singh @ Suraj Pal Singh S/o Late Ramchandra Singh Resident of Vill.- Hematpur, P.S.- Ara Muffasil, Dist- Bhojpur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Rajani Ranjan Pd. Singh, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Uma Shankar Prasad Singh,APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 29-06-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State through video conferencing. The petitioner has filed the instant application for grant of regular bail in connection with N.D.P.S. Case no. 3 of 2020 (arising out of Ara Nawada P.S. Case no. 107 of 2020) registered under sections 20(B)(ii)(c), 21(c) and 22(c) of the NDPS Act.

As per allegation in the F.I.R., 47.6 kg of ganja was recovered from the house in which the petitioner was an occupant and the petitioner was taken into custody. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that he has has been falsely implicated in the case and has no concern with the seized article nor is he owner of the house. He is one of the tenants in the house belonging to one Kiran Singh.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6632 of 2021(3) dt.29-06-2021 2/2 The petitioner is in custody since 1.2.2020 and has no criminal antecedent.

The application for bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State.

A report with respect to the antecedent of the petitioner along with case diary was called for. As per paragraph no.48 of the case diary, the petitioner has no criminal antecedent.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case including the petitioner having remained in custody for more than 1 year 4 months, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail in connection with N.D.P.S. Case no. 3 of 2020 (arising out of Ara Nawada P.S. Case no.107 of 2020) on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/ (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sessions Judge, Bhojpur at Ara.

(Partha Sarthy, J) Bibhash/- U T