Pawan Kumar Yadav And ORS. v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR MCRC No. 4078 of 2019

1. Pawan Kumar Yadav, S/o Sunder aged about 35 years, R/o Village Pratapgarh, District Allahabad (U.P.).

2. Shiv Vilam Verma, S/o Ram Karan, aged about 25 years, R/o Village Tikri, District Chitrakut (U.P.).

3. Dhirendra, S/o Nathu Prasad, aged about 25 years, R/o Village Gidurha, P.S. Malikpur, District Chitrakut (U.P.).

---- Applicants

Versus

State of Chhattisgarh, through Police Station Bhanpuri, District Jagdalpur (CG.) ---- Non-applicant For Applicants : Mr. Ashok Dixit, Advocate.

For Non-applicant : Mr. Ravi Maheshwari, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Sharad Kumar Gupta Order On Board 27.08.2019 1.

This is first bail application under Section 439 of the Cr.P.C. preferred by the applicants before this Court and no other bail application is pending before any other Court. 2.

Perused the case diary provided by the counsel for the State in connection with crime No.72/2019 registered at Police Station Bhanpuri, District Jagdalpur for the offence punishable under Section 20(B) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act. 3.

Case of the prosecution, in brief is that on 27.04.2019, Sub Inspector Amit Kumar Kaushik posted at police station Bhanpuri seized 8.075 kg cannabis from the applicant No.1-Pawan Kumar Yadav, 6.080 kg cannabis from the applicant No.2-Shiv Vilam Verma and 4.075 kg

cannabis from the applicant No.3-Dhirendra 4.

Counsel for the applicants submits that the applicants have not committed any offence. They are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the present case, therefore, they may be released on bail. 5.

On the other hand, counsel for the State opposes the bail application, however, he submits that no criminal antecedent is reported against the applicants.

6.

Looking to these facts and circumstances of the case, looking to the fact that there is no likelihood of the accused to abscond and tamper the evidence; and the trial is likely to take some more time for its final disposal, this Court is inclined to give benefit of Section 439 of the Cr.P.C. to the applicants. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 7.

It is directed that if the applicants furnish one solvent surety for a sum of Rs.25,000/- each along with a personal bond in the like sum to the satisfaction of the concerned Court with the condition that they shall appear before the concerned Court at 11:00 am as and when directed till trial and they would co-operate during the trial, they shall be released on bail.

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Certified copy as per rules.

Sd/- (Sharad Kumar Gupta) JUDGE L/-