Mustafa Ragis @ Bablu @ Md. Mustafa Ragib @ Mustafa Ragi @ Md. Mustafa Ragis v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.71817 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-225 Year-2023 Thana- BAISI District- Purnia ====================================================== Mustafa Ragis @ Bablu @ Md. MUstafa Ragib @ Mustafa Ragi @ Md. Mustafa Ragis S/o- Moulena Masood Village- Kauwanagar ,Panisadra P.SBaisi, District- Purnea ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sunil Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Dr. Ajeet Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 18-01-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 274, 275, 276, 34 of the IPC and Section 8/20(b)(ii)(c)/25/29 of the NDPS Act in connection with Baisi P.S. Case No.225 of 2023.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 241.400 liters of codein cough syrup from a pickup van.

4. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he came to be implicated based on confessional statement of Husnain Raja. It is submitted that petitioner is in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.71817 of 2024(2) dt.18-01-2025 2/2 custody since 01.07.2024 and charge sheet has been submitted. The learned counsel further submits that Husnain Raja has been granted the privilege of regular bail by a learned coordinate bench by an order dated 08.09.2023 in Cr. Misc. No.58562 of 2022. It is thus submitted that the person on whose confession the name of the petitioner transpired has been granted the privilege of bail, as such the case of the petitioner is on a better footing.

5. The learned APP for the State opposes the bail application.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge, NDPS Act, Purnea in connection with Baisi P.S. Case No.225 of 2023.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Prakash Narayan U T