Patna High CourtCR. MISC./59006/2021bail rejected

Sumendra Deo Verma @ Sumendra Debbarma v. The State Of Bihar

2022-03-09Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.59006 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-78 Year-2021 Thana- BAISI District- Purnia ====================================================== SUMENDRA DEO VERMA @ SUMENDRA DEBBARMA Son of Deo Charan Verma @ Deb Charan Debbarma Resident of Village- South Jamtila, P.S.- Champahaud, District- Kovai, Tripura.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Anil Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 09-03-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Anil Prasad Singh learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Special Case No. 21 of 2021 arising out of Baisi P.S. Case No. 78 of 2021 . instituted for the offences under Sections 8, 20(b) (ii) (c) and 25 of the NDPS Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 08.03.2021 is a person with clean antecedent, charge-sheet has been submitted in the case and the allegation is of recovery of 44.472 K.G. of Ganja from a Scorpio vehicle in which the petitioner was found sitting as codriver along with Vishwajeet Deo Verma. It is further submitted that petitioner being co-driver was completely unaware what

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Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that the allegation is of seizure of commercial quantity of ganja as such, he does not deserve bail.

Considering the submissions of the learned APP for the State that the alleged recovery is of commercial quantity of ganja, the court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. It is accordingly, rejected.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Jagdish/- U T