Simpal Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.59219 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-68 Year-2025 Thana- ANGARGHAT District- Samastipur ====================================================== Simpal Kumar Son of Purushottam Kumar Bhagat Resident of Village - Bhatraha, Police Station - Sadar Saharsa, District - Saharsa. ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Madan Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 14-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.
2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Angarghat P.S. Case No. 68/2025 dated 18.06.2025 registered for the offence punishable u/ss 28, 27(b)(ii) and 27(d) of Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Sections 8, 21(c) and 22(b) of the N.D.P.S. Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, total 97.4 litres of Wiscodin cough syrup was recovered from the Swift Dezire Car.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is not named in the FIR. The name of the petitioner has sprung up in this case in the confessional
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59219 of 2025(3) dt.14-11-2025 2/3 statement of the co-accused, Bittu Kumar and Santosh Kumar. The seized contraband is less than commercial quantity. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has no concern with the alleged recovery. Similarly situated co-accused person has already been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 27.08.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 56230 of 2025. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 19.06.2025.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner above named, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Samastipur, in connection with Angarghat P.S. Case No. 68/2025, with a condition:- (i) The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bonds of the petitioner are liable to be cancelled.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59219 of 2025(3) dt.14-11-2025 3/3
7. The application stands allowed (Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Jyoti/- U T