Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:101321 Court No. - 87 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 14656 of 2023 Applicant :- Deevan Singh Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Rajesh Pandey,Ramanuj Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Avnish Saxena,J. 1.Sri Ashwini Tripathi, Advocate holding brief of Sri Ramanuj Tripathi appears and submits that the accused/applicant has been falsely implicated in Case Crime No. 27 of 2023, under Sections 8/20 N.D.P.S. Act, Police Station Kirawali, District Agra. 2. Learned counsel for the accused-applicant, contends that the accused-applicant is only helper of gas tanker from which a quantum of 327 kgs Ganja has been recovered. It is further submitted that co-accused-Udham Singh Dhakad, driver of the tanker, has already been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court by order dated 17th of April, 2025 passed in Criminal Misc.Bail Application No.42927 of 2024. As such, he prays that the accused/applicant be also enlarged on bail. 3. Learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail and submitted that parity is no ground for bail. A huge quantity of contraband has been confiscated at the behest of the accused. The charge-sheet has already been submitted. 4. This Court has taken into consideration the rival submissions made by learned counsel for the parties and perused the records. 5. Record prima facie reveals that the arrest and recovery has not been made in the presence of independent witness. The mandatory compliance of N.D.P.S. Act is the matter of adjudication. Co-accused has already been granted bail. Charge-sheet has already been submitted. 6. As such the bail application is allowed. 7. The accused/applicant-Deevan Singh be released on bail in the aforesaid case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of court concerned. Order Date :- 1.7.2025 MN/- (Avnish Saxena,J.) Digitally signed by :- MAHENDRA NATH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad