Dhananjay Bind v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.38442 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-39 Year-2025 Thana- HULASGANJ District- Jehanabad ====================================================== Dhananjay Bind S/o Ramdev Bind @ Ramdeo Bind R/o Village- Kedarpur, P.S.- Hulasganj, District- Jehanabad ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms .Suman Kumari Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY ORAL ORDER 04-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Hulasganj P.S Case No. 39 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 20 and 22 of the N.D.P.S. Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, the police, on a tipoff about cultivation of ganja, raided the house of the petitioner and they found that seven plants of cannabis were planted which was around 22.05 kg in weight.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case and the land, in question, is a joint property. It is further

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.38442 of 2025(2) dt.04-07-2025 2/2 submitted that the petitioner has no concern with the said recovery. It is next submitted that the procedure under Section 50 of the N.D.P.S. Act has also not been followed. It is lastly submitted that the petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner and stated that the petitioner was found to be cultivating cannabis plants and when the police raided, he fled away from the place of occurrence.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that the petitioner was found to be cultivating cannabis plants, the prayer to anticipatory bail of the petitioner is hereby rejected and the petitioner is directed to surrender before the Court below concerned within four weeks from the date of this order and pray for regular bail, the learned Court below may consider the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner in accordance with law and on its own merits without being prejudiced by this order.

(Sourendra Pandey, J) Jyoti/- U T