Pankaj Singh @ Pankaj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.51127 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-4 Year-2025 Thana- Bodhibigaha District- Gaya ====================================================== 1.
Pankaj Singh @ Pankaj Kumar S/o Binod Singh @ Binod Singh Bhokta Resident of Village- Kundari, PS- Bodhi Bigha, District- Gaya 2.
Sita Ram Singh @ Sitaram Singh S/o Sukhdev Singh Resident of VillageKundari, PS- Bodhi Bigha, District- Gaya 3.
Ramswaroop Singh S/o Ramdayal Singh @ Kuleshwar Singh Resident of Village- Kundari, PS- Bodhi Bigha, District- Gaya 4.
Sohar Singh @ Shohar Singh Bhokta S/o Sahwal Singh @ Saheb Singh Resident of Village- Kundari, PS- Bodhi Bigha, District- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Sharda Nand Mishra For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Suman Kumari Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 29-07-2026 Heard Mr. Sharda Nand Mishra, learned Advocate for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Bodhi Bigha P.S. Case No. 4 of 2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 8(b) and 18 of the NDPS Act.
3. The allegation against the petitioner is of farming opium crops on the forest land.
4.Learned Advocate for the petitioners taking this
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51127 of 2026(2) dt.29-07-2026 2/3 Court through the FIR contended that admittedly the opium crops were found over the forest land which were said to have been destroyed by the Forest Guard. The name of the petitioners have been implicated in this case on mere suspicion. The petitioners have neither any concern with the place from where opium crops have been destroyed nor there is any material which suggests their complicity. The petitioners bear fair antecedent and they undertake that they will fully cooperate in the proceeding of the court.
5. On the other hand, learned Advocate for the State vehemently opposed the bail application.
6. Having considered the submissions advanced by the learned Advocates for the respective parties and taking note of the fact that the opium crops which were destroyed were found to be sowed over the forest land, besides fair antecedent of the petitioners and lack of materials which prima facie constitutes offences as alleged, let the petitioners abovenamed be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51127 of 2026(2) dt.29-07-2026 3/3 learned Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, NDPS Act, Gaya Ji in connection with Bodhi Bigha P.S. Case No. 4 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, with the further condition that one of the bailors shall be the own/close family members of the petitioners.
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