1 2025:CGHC:6609 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 548 of 2025 Aman Shukla S/o Late Chandramani Prasad Shukla Aged About 32 Years R/o Village Moti Sagar Para Korba, P.S. Kotwali Korba, District Korba (C.G.) ... Applicant versus State of Chhattisgarh Through The P.S. Sakri, District – Bilaspur (C.G.) ---- Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. Basant Kaiwartya, Advocate. For Non-Applicant/State : Ms. Smriti Shrivastava, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice Order on Board 05.02.2025 1. The applicant has preferred this First Bail Application under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Crime No.789/2024, registered at Police Station- Sakri, District – Bilaspur (C.G.) for the offences punishable under Section 20(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, for short, the NDPS Act. 2. The prosecution story in brief, is that the Police of Police Station – Sakri, District – Bilaspur (C.G.) has received a secret information RAJSHEKHAR SONI Digitally signed by RAJSHEKHAR SONI 2 through the informant and on the basis of such information, the Police has seized a total of 16.820 Kgs of Ganja from the possession of the present applicant. Thereafter, the applicant was arrested and the crime has been registered by the Police. 3. It has been argued by the learned counsel for the applicant that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. It is further submitted that the charge-sheet has been filed in this case and the co-accused person has been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 22.01.2025 passed in MCRC No. 609/2025. The applicant is in jail since 22.10.2024. The conclusion of the trial is likely to take some time, therefore, she prays for grant of bail. 4. On the other hand, the learned counsel for the State opposes the bail application and submits that a total of 16.820 Kgs of Ganja has been seized from the possession of the present applicant. It is further submitted that the charge-sheet has been filed in this case. It is further submitted that there is 1 criminal antecedent of the applicant under the NDPS Act. Hence, this bail application is liable to be dismissed. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 6. Taking into consideration the fact that the quantity of contraband article Ganja seized from the possession of the applicant i.e. 3 16.820 Kgs, and the charge-sheet has been filed in this case, further that there is 1 criminal antecedent of the applicant under the NDPS Act, for which no any plausible explanation has been given, he is a habitual offender and he has misused the bail granted to him earlier and it cannot be a case of false implication, and also in light of the judgment rendered by the Supreme Court in Deepak Yadav v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Another, reported in (2022) 8 SCC 559, wherein the Hon’ble Supreme Court had cancelled the bail granted to the accused therein on the ground that the accused had previous antecedents, this Court is of the opinion that it is not a fit case to enlarge the applicant on regular bail. 7. Accordingly, the bail application of applicant – Aman Shukla involved in Crime No.789/2024, registered at Police Station- Sakri, District – Bilaspur (C.G.) for the offences punishable under Section 20(B) of the NDPS Act, is rejected at this stage. 8. Needless to say that the learned trial Court is at liberty to proceed with the trial and conclude the same, expeditiously. 9. The Office is directed to provide a certified copy of this order to the trial Court for necessary information and compliance forthwith. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Rajshekhar