Dholan Choudhary v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; Criminal Miscellaneous No. 5214 of 2025; decided 04-07-2025; Sourendra Pandey, J. Regular bail granted under Sections 22(c) and 29 N.D.P.S. Act; Industrial Area P.S. Case No. 155 of 2024, Vaishali; recovery of 1720 ampoules Avil Injection (2 ml each), 30 ampoules Zepine Injection, 300 ampoules unlabelled injections; FIR-vs-seizure-list discrepancy (300 vs 30); counter affidavit paras 7-8 — Avil and Zepine stated outside N.D.P.S. Act; clean antecedents; custody since 24.10.2024; bail-bond Rs. 10,000/- each plus two like sureties; conditions on attendance, cancellation and antecedent verification without delayed acceptance. Advocates: Shivjee Singh (petitioners), Akbar Ali APP (State).
What did the court decide?
All three petitioners enlarged on regular bail upon furnishing bail-bonds of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Vaishali at Hajipur, in Industrial Area P.S. Case No. 155 of 2024, subject to five conditions: (i) one bailor to be a close relative; (ii) presence on each date fixed by the court below when so required; (iii) bail bond liable to cancellation on absence on two consecutive dates or violation of terms; (iv) prosecution at liberty to move for cancellation if the petitioner is found involved in a similar offence in future; (v) verification of criminal antecedents by the court below, with cancellation steps on concealment, but acceptance of bail bonds not to be delayed for verification.