Jaypal Singh v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Regular bail granted, Patna High Court, CRL. MISC./CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.88430 of 2024, decided 08-01-2025 by Rajiv Roy, J. Keywords: N.D.P.S. Act Sections 21(b), 22(b); smack 6.6 gm in fifteen packets; recovery below commercial quantity 250 gm; Didarganj P.S. Case No. 293 of 2024, District Patna; judicial custody since 21.08.2024; informant Mithilesh Kumar; criminal antecedent; bail bond Rs. 10,000/- two sureties; Special Judge (N.D.P.S. Act) Patna; fortnightly police-station reporting for one year; cancellation of bail bond conditions.
What did the court decide?
Release of the petitioner on bail upon furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Sessions Judge/Special Judge (N.D.P.S. Act), Patna, in connection with Didarganj P.S. Case No. 293 of 2024, subject to five conditions: (i) one bailor to be a family member/relative providing official documentation of bona fide; (ii) mandatory appearance before the Trial Court on every date, failure on two consecutive dates without plausible reason entailing cancellation of the bail bond by the Trial Court; (iii) fortnightly appearance before the concerned police station for the next one year to mark attendance; (iv) no inducement, promise or threat to witnesses nor tampering with evidences, failing which the State may seek cancellation of the bail bonds; and (v) desistance from committing further criminal offences, failing which the State may seek cancellation of the bail bonds.