2025: JHHC:18801 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 5212 of 2025 Pankaj Kumar Sahu, S/o Shri Durga Prasad Sahu, R/o Village Palkot Road Gumla PO and PS Gumla, District Gumla (Jharkhand) ... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … … opposite Party ------ CORAM : Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ambuj Nath ------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Kripa Shankar Nanda, Advocate For the State : Mr. P.K.Chatterjee, SPP -------- Order No.2/Dated:11th July, 2025 Heard the parties. 2. The petitioner has been made accused in connection with Barwadih P.S Case No. 51 of 2024, corresponding to NDPS case No. 14 of 2024, for the offences registered under sections 21, 22 and 29 of N.D.P.S Act. 3. Bail application of the petitioner was earlier rejected by this Court vide order dated 08.1.2025 passed in BA No. 11062 of 2024. 4. It appears that on 20.6.2024 at about 1:15 p.m. Barwadih Police has apprehended this petitioner including co-accused, namely, Niraj Kumar @ Gulla and on search 12.27 grams of Brown Sugar was recovered from their joint possession. 5. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that seized contraband comes within the purview of intermediate quantity. It was further submitted that the petitioner is in custody for about a year. 6. The learned APP has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner. 7. Considering the period of custody, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/-(Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Sessions Judge-Latehar, in connection with Barwadih P.S Case No. 51 of 2024, corresponding to NDPS case No. 14 of 2024. (Ambuj Nath, J) KNR