Petitioner in NDPS case sought bail from Patna High Court. Bail was rejected due to recovery of commercial quantity of Charas despite no antecedents.
Prayer for bail was rejected.
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Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8138 of 2018 (2) dt.13-02-2018
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8138 of 2018
Arising Out of PS.Case No. -284 Year- 2017 Thana -AADAPUR DistrictEASTCHAMPARAN(MOTIHARI)
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Jay Kishore Yadav S/o Bhikhari Yadav @ Bhikhari Rai, R/o village- Bazar Bhawanipur, P.S.- Nakardei, District- East Champaran.
.... .... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar
.... .... Opposite Party
====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Umesh Chandra Verma For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Mushtaque Alam, APP
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR ORAL ORDER
2 13-02-2018
Petitioner, already in custody, seeks bail in Adapur (Nakardei) PS Case No. 284 of 2017 registered under Sections 20, 22, 24 and 25 of the NDPS Act.
The allegation in brief is that 8 Kilo 200 grams Charas was recovered from the possession of the petitioner while carrying it away in a bag kept on a motorcycle.
Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the recovery is not from the petitioner, petitioner has no criminal antecedent and is in custody since 14.10.2017.
Having considered aforesaid facts and circumstances and recovery of commercial quantity of Charas the prayer for bail is rejected.
(Arun Kumar, J.)
Snkumar/-
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether bail is available to an accused involved in a commercial quantity of narcotics offense.
Jay Kishore Yadav
The State of Bihar
Arun Kumar
As recorded by the court registry
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