Pranav Prabhat @ Prawan Prabhat v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.87431 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-398 Year-2025 Thana- ARWAL District- Jehanabad ====================================================== Pranav Prabhat @ Prawan Prabhat Son of Ashok Kumar Singh Resident of Village- Chidya Tar, P.S.- Hspura, District- Aurangabad ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Shankar Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Ganesh Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 11-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in Arwal P.S. Case No. 398 of 2025 dated 29-10-2025, registered under Sections 8(C) and 21(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
3. The allegation is of recovery of 30.72 grams of brown sugar/smack-like substance from the tanker's lid of an Ertiga car bearing Registration No. BR-01-JE-7473 on which three persons were boarding along with one mobile phone.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that as per the allegations narrated in the FIR only one mobile phone has been recovered
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87431 of 2025(3) dt.11-02-2026 2/2 from the possession of the petitioner and the alleged illicit contraband has been recovered from a car which does not belong to the petitioner. It is also submitted that the seized illicit contraband is more than the small quantity but less than the commercial quantity. Lastly, it is contended that the petitioner has been in custody since 30.10.2025 and has no criminal antecedents.
5. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State has opposed the prayer.
6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge Jehanabad, in connection with Arwal P.S. Case No. 398 of 2025.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Khatim Reza, J) shyambihari/- U T