1 / 4 2025:CGHC:15015 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 2506 of 2025 Anand Kumar Singh S/o Shri Surendra Nath Singh Aged About 47 Years R/o Village Moter Khalihabhatha, Police Station Kalampur, Tahsil Jaipatna, District Kalahandi (Orissa) ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer, Police Station Komakhan, District Mahasamund (C.G.) ... Respondent For Applicant : None. For Non-applicant/State : Mr. Bharat Gulbani, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 28.03.2025 1. None appears nor any representation made on behalf of the applicant to press this bail application when the case is called out. It transpires from the record that the applicant is in jail since 01.03.2025. Hence, the Court proceeds to consider and hear the bail application of the applicant with the assistance of the State VAIBHAV SINGH Digitally signed by VAIBHAV SINGH Date: 2025.03.29 17:35:07 +0530 2 / 4 counsel. 2. This is the First bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been arrested in connection with Crime No. 32/2025 registered at Police Station– Komakhan, District – Mahasamund (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Section 20(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. 3. The brief facts of the case are that on 01/03/2025 the concerned police of police station Komakhan received secret information during the course of village Patrolling through informant that the applicant is having contraband Ganja for the purpose of sale. On the basis of such information the concerned police reached on spot and after search enquiry has been started by the police of police station Komakhan thereafter the police team reached on spot wherein one persons with white colour of plastic bag sitting and for waiting of Train near water pump, Railway station Komakhan wherein one person having 02 white colour of plastic bag and after askance his name told Anand Kumar Singh. Before some time being Election of Chhattisgarh he was came in his village. After searching by the police team and found two white clolour of Plastic bag inside having contraband Ganja total weight 21 Kilogram total amounting of Rs. 3,15,000/- has been seized from the possession of applicant. Thereafter the concerned police of police station Komakhan investigated the matter and registered the crime for an 3 / 4 offence punishable under section 20(B) of Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the present applicant has been falsely implicated in this case. He further submits that quantity seized from the applicant is much lesser than the commercial quantity. He submits that applicant has no previous criminal antecedents. He submits that the present applicant has been in jail since 01.03.2025 and conclusion of the trial may take some time, therefore, he prays for grant of regular bail to the present applicant. 5. On the other hand, learned State counsel opposes the bail application of the present applicant and submits that the quantity of contraband article i.e. 100 Kgs of Ganja has been seized from the possession of the applicant, which shows that it is an organized crime, therefore, the applicant is not entitled to be released on bail. 6. I have heard learned counsel appearing for the parties and perused the case diary. 7. From perusal of the case diary, it transpires that the article which has been seized from the possession of the applicant is much above the commercial quantity, further the applicant has failed to give explanation for the same and it cannot be a case of false implication, the trial is in progress. 8. Accordingly, the bail application of the applicant – Anand Kumar Singh, involved in Crime No. 32/2025 registered at Police Station– 4 / 4 Komakhan, District – Mahasamund (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Section 20(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, is rejected. 9. Needless to say that the trial Court concerned is at liberty to proceed and conclude the trial expeditiously. 10. OfÏce is directed to send a certified copy of this order to the trial Court concerned for necessary information and compliance forthwith. - Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Vaibhav