IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20428 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-517 Year-2024 Thana- BARACHATTI District- Gaya ====================================================== Rahul Kumar S/o Vijay Bhuiyan, R/o Village- Baijnathpur, P.S- Mohanpur, Distt.- Gaya. ... ... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Aryan Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Yogendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 30-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Barachatti P.S. Case No. 517 of 2024, dated 02.12.2024 registered for the offences punishable under Section 8, 17(c) and 18(c) of the NDPS Act. 3. As per the prosecution case, while on patrolling duty, the informant received confidential information that at G.T. Road, four line hotels are selling doda powder, thereafter the informant reached the alleged place and on seeing the police, the owners and operators of the hotels fled away. It is further alleged that during search of the four hotels, total 10.5 kilograms of doda powder and 5 kilograms of doda were recovered. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20428 of 2025(2) dt.30-04-2025 2/2 that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner is not the owner of the said hotel, rather he is an operator working under an owner. The recovery from the hotel where petitioner works as an operator is 3.5 kilograms, which is less than the commercial quantity. The petitioner has one criminal antecedent of similar nature as stated in paragraph no. 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 13.02.2025. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as petitioner’s period of custody, the petitioner, above-named, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand Only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, NDPS Act, Gaya, in connection with Barachatti P.S. Case No. 517 of 2024. 7. The application stands allowed. Shahnawaz/- (Chandra Prakash Singh, J) U T