IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B. A. No. 10594 of 2024 ----- Pandya Kumar @ Pandiya Kumar, S/o Birbal Ganjhu, R/o Village- Tewna, P.O. & P.S.-Lawalong, Dist.-Chatra …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … …. Opp. Party ----- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GAUTAM KUMAR CHOUDHARY ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. A.K. Chaturvedi, Advocate For the State : Mr. Pankaj Kr. Mishra, A.P.P. ----- Oral Order 05 / Dated : 28.02.2025 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner named above has been made accused in connection with Simariya P.S. Case No. 66 of 2024 (N.D.P.S. Case No. 197 of 2024) for the offence under Sections 17, 18, 20 of the N.D.P.S. Act, pending in the court of learned Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, NDPS cases, Chatra. Earlier the prayer for bail of this petitioner was rejected by this Court on merit vide order dated 30.08.2024 passed in B.A. No. 5705 of 2024. Prayer for bail of the petitioner is being renewed on the ground that some of the co-accused have been granted bail by the Co- ordinate Bench of this Court. From the status report, it appears that the matter involves seizure of 76 grams of brown sugar including bottles from the bag of the petitioner and 3.4 kg. of Ganja from the accomplice. Learned counsel for the State has opposed the prayer for bail. From the status report it appears that out of five witnesses, only one witness has been examined so far and that the regular bail of the petitioner was earlier rejected on merit and I do not find any change of circumstance for renewing his prayer for bail. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected again. (Gautam Kumar Choudhary, J.) AKT/Satendra