1 2025:CGHC:47314 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRCA No. 1417 of 2025 Manoj Singh S/o Late Hemnarayan Singh Aged About 52 Years R/o Village B.T.M. Chowk, Jharsugda, District -Jharsugda (Udisa) ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer, Police Station Bhatgaon, District- Surajpur (C.G.) ... Respondent For Applicant : Shri Sanjay Pathak, Advocate. For Respondent/State : Shri Soumya Rai, PL. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order On Board 15/09/2025 1. The applicant has preferred this application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’), for grant of anticipatory bail, apprehending his arrest in connection with Crime No.75/2025, registered at Police Station Bhatgaon, GOURI MUDALIAR Digitally signed by GOURI MUDALIAR Date: 2025.09.16 16:57:07 +0530 2 Distt. Surajpur (C.G.) for alleged commission of offence punishable under Sections 20(b), 29 of NDPS Act. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the police of Police Station Bhatgaon, District Surajpur (C.G.) received a secret information from the informant and on the said information police conducted a raid and seized 12.240 kgs of contraband Ganja from the possession of the co-accused Karamvir Patle and on the basis of his memorandum statement the offence punishable under Sections 20(B) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 has been registered against the present applicant and other co-accused persons and after investigation the charge sheet has been filed before the trial court. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. He would submit that the prosecution agency has not seized any article from the exclusive possession of the applicant and illicit article has been seized from the co- accused namely Karamvir Patle by the prosecution and on the basis of his memorandum statement, the present applicant has been falsely implicated in this case. He would further submit that co-accused persons namely Arif Raza and Faizan Raja have granted bail by this Court in M.Cr.C. No.6195/2025 & 6208/2025 vide order dated 06.08.2025, therefore, he prays to enlarge the applicant on anticipatory bail. 3 4. On the other hand learned State counsel opposes the application for grant of anticipatory bail to the applicant. 5. Recently the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the matter of Anarul SK v. The State of West Bengal {SLP (Crl.) No(s). 12621/2024 has observed that the grant of anticipatory bail in cases involving Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) is a very serious issue. 6. In the light of observation made by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Anarul SK (supra), I do not find any good ground to entertain this anticipatory bail application. Accordingly, the present anticipatory bail application is dismissed. Sd/- Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice gouri