Ramratan Kumar v. the State of Jharkhand

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Jharkhand High Court, Ranchi — Justice Subhash Chand — bail application allowed 20.08.2024 (B.A. No.6877 of 2024) for release of petitioner-brothers Ramratan Kumar (26) and Amarjeet Kumar (24), sons of Dharmendra Sah, of Village Aammjora Firojpur, PS Mehrama, District Godda, held under N.D.P.S. Case No. 10 of 2024 arising out of Meharma P.S. Case No. 59 of 2024 (sections 20(B)(II), 20(b) and 22, N.D.P.S. Act, 1985), pending before Sessions Judge, Godda. Facts: raid following secret information of cannabis sale at shop 'Johnson Tiles'; 12 packets of cannabis weighing 6 Kg 360 gram and cash Rs.24,90,000/- recovered from Ramratan Kumar's house, alongwith mobile phone and iPad. Deciding grounds: quantity below commercial; no independent witness of public on seizure memo; nothing incriminating on Amarjeet Kumar or his shop. Counsel (Lukesh Kumar) claimed cash was for tile purchase with GST sales value Rs.17,25,964.82/- and Rs.10 lac HDFC Bank borrowing (supplementary affidavit paras 4-5); APP Shiv Shankar Kumar opposed; court issued no express finding on the cash-provenance point. Relief: bail bond Rs.25,000/- each with two sureties of like amount. Keywords: NDPS bail, commercial quantity, cannabis 6 kg 360 gram, seizure memo independent witness, Godda, Mehrama.