Thakuri Singh @ Thakuri Singh Bhogta v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.59694 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-21 Year-2025 Thana- BARACHATTI District- Gaya ====================================================== 1.

Thakuri Singh @ Thakuri Singh Bhogta son of Late Tilak Singh @ Tilak Singh Bhogta Resident of Village -Gohi, PS- Barachatti, Dist -Gaya 2.

Bifan Singh son of Budhan Singh @ Mochhu Singh @ Amrit Singh Bhokta Resident of Village -Khajurain , PS- Barachatti, Dist -Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioners :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Anish Chandra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03-09-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 8B, 18 and 29 of the N.D.P.S. Act.

3. As per prosecution case, it is alleged that these petitioners are involved in cultivation of opium on forest land.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. Informant has not disclosed in the F.I.R. as to how he came to know that these petitioners are involved in cultivation of opium and merely on suspicion, they

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59694 of 2025(2) dt.03-09-2025 2/2 have falsely been implicated in this case. No incriminating article has been recovered from possession of these petitioners.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, nature of accusation and the fact that no incriminating article has been recovered from possession of these petitioners, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners is allowed.

7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioners be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sessions Judge-cumSpecial Judge, N.D.P.S. Act, Gaya in connection with Barachatty P.S. Case No. 21 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T