Allowed

Pankaj Thakur S/O Shree Nawab Singh v. State of Rajasthan

Rajasthan HC22 Apr 2024CRLMB/2542/2024

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

The High Court allowed a bail application under Section 439 Cr.P.C. in an NDPS case involving Section 8/20 offences. The Court deemed it just and proper to grant bail as the recovered contraband was less than commercial quantity, without deciding merits.

What did the court decide?

Release on bail via personal bond with sureties and stipulation to appear on all dates.

Pankaj Thakur S/O Shree Nawab Singh Vs State of Rajasthan — Narcotics (NDPS) | Rajasthan HC (2024)

¶1

[2024:RJ-JP:18647]

¶2

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR

¶3

S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No.

¶4

2542/2024

¶5

Pankaj Thakur S/o Shree Nawab Singh, Aged About 28 Years, R/o Village Goda, Tehsil Jawa, P.s. Goda, Distt. Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh (At Present AccusedPetitioner Confined In Central Jail Jaipur)

¶6

----Petitioner

¶7

Versus

¶8

State Of Rajasthan, Through Public Prosecutor.

¶9

----Respondent

¶10

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Vijendra Yadav, Adv. For : Mr. M.K. Sheoran, P.P. Respondent(s)

¶11

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UMA SHANKER VYAS Judgment / Order 22/04/2024

¶12

This bail application has been filed by the petitioner under Section 439 Cr.P.C. seeking regular bail in FIR No.175/2024 registered at Police Station Shivdaspura, District Jaipur City (South) for the offence(s) under Section(s) 8/20 of NDPS Act.

¶13

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the accused-petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in this case. Learned counsel further submits that the alleged contraband recovered in the present case is less than commercial quantity. Learned counsel also submits that the

[2024:RJ-JP:18647]

(2 of 2)

[CRLMB-2542/2024]

accused-petitioner has been in judicial custody since long and the conclusion of the trial will take long time, hence the petitioner may be enlarged on bail.

¶18

Learned Public Prosecutor appearing for the State has opposed the bail application.

¶19

Taking into consideration the overall facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that the recovery of alleged contraband in the present case is less than commercial quantity, but without expressing any opinion on the merits and demerits of the case, this Court deems it just and proper to enlarge the petitioner on bail.

¶20

Accordingly, the bail application filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C. is allowed and it is ordered that accused-petitioner Pankaj Thakur S/o Shree Nawab Singh shall be released on bail, provided he furnishes a personal bond in the sum of Rs.1,00,000/- with two sureties of Rs.50,000/- each to the satisfaction of the trial Court, with the stipulation that the petitioner shall appear before that Court on all subsequent dates of hearing and as and when called upon to do so.

¶21

(UMA SHANKER VYAS),J

¶22

YOGESH KUMAR /63

Pankaj Thakur S/O Shree Nawab Singh v. State of Rajasthan

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

Pankaj Thakur S/O Shree Nawab Singh v. State of Rajasthan

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

What the court decided

A compact analysis

Issues for consideration

Statutes considered

Parties & counsel

Coram

Case details

Similar cases

Monu @ Mohansingh S/O Latoor Vs State of Rajasthan

Mohammad Jakir @ Kolya S/O Shri Rafiq Kachawa Vs State of Rajasthan

Rohitash S/O Shivlal Vs State of Rajasthan

Ajeet Kumar S/O Shri Krishan Kumar Vs State of Rajasthan

Saklen S/O Mohammed Saleem Vs State of Rajasthan

Shankar S/O Shri Choturam Vs State of Rajasthan