Sonu Kumar @ Sonu Kumar Sao v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.40416 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-110 Year-2026 Thana- Chitragupta Nagar District- Patna ====================================================== Sonu Kumar @ Sonu Kumar Sao Son of Gopal Sao Resident of villageHanuman Nagar, Ward no. 44, Ps- Patrakar Nagar, Dist- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Aryan Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Anil Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 25-06-2026 At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to delete the name of opposite party no. 2.
2. Prayer is accorded.
3. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
4. The petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Chitragupta Nagar P.S. Case No. 110 of 2026 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 8(c), 21, 22(c), 25 and 29 of the N.D.P.S. Act.
5. The case of the prosecution, in short, is that two persons were riding on the auto and the petitioner is the driver and on the back seat, a person who was sitting with whom, a bag was there and from that bag, intoxicating injections were recovered.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.40416 of 2026(2) dt.25-06-2026 2/3
6. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that though it is alleged in the FIR that intoxicant injections in huge quantity was recovered but from perusal of the seizure list, it transpires that the seizure list has been made only of the contraband which were recovered from the Mehta Compound. There is no seizure of the alleged auto and even in FIR, there is no description as to what was recovered from the auto. Petitioner is merely a driver of that auto. Moreover, a statement has been made in para-3 of the petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent and he is languishing in judicial custody since 12.04.2026.
7. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.
8. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.40416 of 2026(2) dt.25-06-2026 3/3 Sessions Judge/ Special Judge (NDPS Act), Patna in connection with Chitragupta Nagar P.S. Case No. 110 of 2026. (Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) Shubham/- U T