Ram Sagar Choudhary v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.32884 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-175 Year-2016 Thana- RAXAUL District- East Champaran ====================================================== Ram Sagar Choudhary S/o Pardeshi Das, R/o Supauli, P.O.- Pokhariya, P.S.- Shedwa, District- Parsa (Nepal).

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. The Union of India through I.G. of Sashastra Seema Bal, Patna. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Bimlesh Kumar Pandey For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sri Rajkishore Singhs.D.Sanjay(Asg) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 20-07-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned APP for the State.

Petitioner, already in custody, seeks bail in connection with N.D.P.S. Case No. 47 of 2016, arising out of Raxaul P.S. Case No.175 of 2016 registered under Sections 20, 22, 23 and 24 of the N.D.P.S. Act.

Earlier the prayer of the bail of the petitioner was rejected on merit without any observation. Now the petitioner seeks bail on the ground of incarceration in custody since 17.08.2016 and the recovery is 10 gms. of heroin and 82 gms. of opium, less than the commercial quantity.

The learned counsel for the State submits that the trial appears at the fag end as the report of the trial court indicates

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32884 of 2018(3) dt.20-07-2018 2/2 that only two witnesses remain to be examined. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the prayer of bail of the petitioner is rejected with a direction to the trial court to expedite the trial. (Arun Kumar, J) S.KUMAR/- U T