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Ravi Kumar Alias Raja v. the State of Jharkhand

Jharkhand HC19 Jan 2024B.A./11501/2023

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What is this about?

Bail granted; NDPS Act case; Sisai P.S. Case No. 47 of 2023; Sections 20(B)(ii)(a) and 22(a) NDPS Act; recovery of 260 grams of cannabis from co-accused Jagarnath Sahu on 21.05.2023; petitioner implicated in confessional statement; parity with main accused granted bail by co-ordinate Bench in B.A. No. 6034 of 2023; bail bond Rs. 20,000 with two sureties; court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-IV, Gumla; Justice Ambuj Nath; High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi; decided 19.01.2024.

What did the court decide?

Petitioner released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-IV, Gumla, in connection with Sisai P.S. Case No. 47 of 2023. ¶11

Ravi Kumar Alias Raja Vs the State of Jharkhand — Jharkhand HC (2024) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner, Ravi Kumar @ Raja, accused in connection with Sisai P.S. Case No. 47 of 2023 for offences under Sections 20(B)(ii)(a) and 22(a) of the N.D.P.S. Act, should be released on bail.

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Court's answer

The Court, considering the facts placed before it (including that the main accused Jagarnath Sahu had been granted bail by a co-ordinate Bench and the petitioner's case was said to stand on a better footing), was inclined to release the petitioner on bail.

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Ratio / Principle

The petitioner is directed to be released on bail in connection with Sisai P.S. Case No. 47 of 2023 on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-IV, Gumla.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bail application allowed (N.D.P.S. Act). Petitioner Ravi Kumar @ Raja, accused in Sisai P.S. Case No. 47 of 2023 for offences under Sections 20(B)(ii)(a) and 22(a) of the N.D.P.S. Act, pending before learned Additional Sessions Judge-IV, Gumla, sought bail. The prosecution case was that, on confidential information, Sisai police apprehended one Jagarnath Sahu on 21.05.2023 and recovered 260 grams of cannabis from his possession; the apprehended accused implicated the petitioner in his confessional statement. Counsel for the petitioner pointed out that the main accused, Jagarnath Sahu, had already been granted bail by a co-ordinate Bench of the High Court in B.A. No. 6034 of 2023 and that the petitioner's case stood on a better footing. Considering these facts, the Court directed release of the petitioner on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-IV, Gumla.

Ravi Kumar Alias Raja v. the State of Jharkhand

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