Ravi Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37565 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-117 Year-2025 Thana- PARSABAZAR District- Patna ====================================================== Ravi Kumar S/O Shailendra Singh R/O Village- Mustafapur, P.S.- Punpun, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Dhaneshwar Vashist For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ram Priya Sharan Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 25-06-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 8 and 20(b)(ii)(A) of the NDPS Act.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 934 gram of Ganja from the Auto of the petitioner.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case on the ground that Ganja was recovered from his Auto, it is next submitted that petitioner is an Auto driver who earns his livelihood by driving Auto. It is further submitted that passengers keep changing in small duration and it might be a

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37565 of 2025(2) dt.25-06-2025 2/3 possibility that a passenger may have inadvertently left the bag in the Auto and the petitioner came to be implicated. It is also submitted that it does not appear probable that a person would use his own vehicle for committing an occurrence and thus would create evidence against himself and hence would get implicated. It is next submitted that though in the FIR, it has been alleged that petitioner fled from the place of occurrence, but then the fact is that Auto was standing and the petitioner had gone to have his lunch and when he came out after having his lunch, he saw policemen standing around his vehicle and were saying that Ganja has been recovered, as such, petitioner out of fear did not go before them. It is also submitted that petitioner will not abscond rather will co-operate in the investigation to prove his innocence.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37565 of 2025(2) dt.25-06-2025 3/3 amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Parsa Bazar P.S. Case No. 117 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of BNSS.

7. However, it is made clear that in the event if the Investigating Officer of the case files an application before the learned Trial Court bringing to its notice that petitioner despite giving assurance to this Court is not co-operating in the investigation, in that event the learned Trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.

8. It is further made clear that in the event if charge sheet is submitted connecting the petitioner with the offence, in that event the present anticipatory bail order shall lose its effect.

9. Let a copy of this order be sent to the concerned P.S. through the learned Trial Court.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T