1 2025:CGHC:54950 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 8470 of 2025 Vinod Verma Urf Vinod Kumar Adhaulia S/o Late Rajju Verma Aged About 36 Years R/o Verma Mohalla Ganiyari, Thana Kota, District - Bilaspur Chhattisgarh ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Thana Masturi, District - Bilaspur Chhattisgarh ... Respondent For Applicant : Shri Rajendra Kumar Patel, Advocate. For Respondent/State : Smt. Smriti Shrivastava, PL. Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 11/11/2025 1. This is the first bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been arrested in connection with Crime No.429/2025 registered at Police Station Masturi, District Bilaspur (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 20(b) & 29 of N.D.P.S. Act. GOURI MUDALIAR Digitally signed by GOURI MUDALIAR Date: 2025.11.12 18:36:28 +0530 2 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 01.07.2025, co- accused Neeraj Verma alias Monu Verma was intercepted by Masturi Police near Jayramnagar Raliya Tiraaha while coming from Bargarh, Odisha in a grey WagonR car bearing No. CG 10 BQ 9133, carrying 19 packets of ganja weighing 20.100 kg. In his memorandum statement, the co-accused alleged that the present applicant had given him the said vehicle on 30.06.2025 to bring ganja from Odisha and himself went by bus to Dharamjaygarh. On this basis, the applicant was later implicated and arrested. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is an innocent person who has been falsely implicated in the present case. He would submit that the applicant has been arrested solely on the basis of the memorandum statement of the co-accused. He would submit that no incriminating article has been seized from the possession of the applicant. He would submit that charge sheet has been filed, applicant is in jail since 05/08/2025 and conclusion of the trial may take quite long time, therefore he prays for enlarging the applicant on regular bail. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State/respondent would oppose the bail application and submit that the charge-sheet has been filed in the present case before the competent Court. She would further submit that the quantity of contraband article 20.100 kg Ganja recovered from the possession of the co-accused, which is above the commercial quantity and the name of the applicant 3 has come into light in the memorandum statement of the co- accused and it appears to be an organized crime, as such, the applicant is not entitled to be released on bail. 5. I have heard learned counsel appearing for the parties and perused the case diary. 6. From perusal of the case diary, it transpires that the quantity of contraband article 20.100 kg Ganja recovered from the possession of the co-accused is above the commercial quantity and the name of the applicant has come into light in the memorandum statement of the co-accused and it appears to be an organized crime and it cannot be a case of false implication, therefore, 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 the applicant Vinod Verma Urf Vinod Kumar Adhaulia, involved in Crime No.429/2025 registered at Police Station Masturi, District Bilaspur (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 20(b) & 29 of N.D.P.S. Act, is rejected. 8. Office is directed to send a certified copy of this order to the trial Court concerned for necessary information. - Sd/-- Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice gouri