1 2025:CGHC:50146 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 7679 of 2025 1 - Shivkant Kol S/o Shri Baldev Kol Aged About 20 Years R/o Lalpur P/s Nagod Satna, Distt Satna M.P. 2 - Deepak Patel S/o Shri Dadu Patel Aged About 30 Years R/o Lalpur P/s Nagod Satna, Distt Satna M.P. ... Applicants versus 1 - State of Chhattisgarh Through P/s Singodha, Distt. Mahasamund C.G. ... Respondent (Cause title is taken from Case Information System) For Applicants : Mr. Ajay Kumar Mishra, Advocate For Respondent/State : Mr. Jitendra Shirvastava, Advocate Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 08/10/2025 1. This is third bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the applicants who have been arrested in connection with Crime No.32/2023 registered at Police Station- Singodha, District - Mahasamund (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Sections 20(b) of NDPS Act. 2. The first bail application filed by the applicant was rejected by this Court in MCRC No.7688 of 2024 vide order dated VAISHALI LUCKY NAGARIA Digitally signed by VAISHALI LUCKY NAGARIA Date: 2025.10.10 14:00:50 +0530 2 14.11.2025 and the second bail application filed by the applicants was dismissed as withdrawn in MCRC No.6469 of 2025 vide order dated 03.09.2025. 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the Police of Police Station- Singhoda District- Mahasamund, (C.G.) had received secret information from the informant and on the basis of the said information, conducted a raid and seized total 25 Kgs of Ganja from the joint possession of the present applicants along with one co-accused. Therefore, the police has registered the offence punishable under Section 20(B) of the NDPS Act. 4. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that the applicants have been falsely implicated in this case and they are in jail since 02.04.2023. He further submits that applicants have neither committed not participated in any such act. Further, conclusion of the trial may take some time, therefore, he prays for grant of regular bail to the present applicants. 5. Learned counsel appearing for the State/non-applicant would oppose the bail application and submit that the charge-sheet has been filed in the present case before the competent Court. He further submits that the quantity of contraband article i.e. 25 kgs of Ganja recovered from the joint possession of the present applicants along with one co-accused, which is much above the commercial quantity and as such, the applicants are not entitled to be released on bail. 6. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary. 3 7. From perusal of the case diary, it transpires that the article which has been seized from the joint possession of the present applicants, is much above the commercial quantity and it cannot be a case of false implication, hence, this Court does not find a fit case to release the applicants on regular bail. 8. Accordingly, the third bail application of the applicants namely Shivkant Kol and Deepak Patel, involved in Crime No. 32/2023 registered at Police Station-Singodha, District - Mahasamund (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Sections 20(b) of NDPS Act, is rejected at this stage. 9. In compliance of this Court’s order dated 24.09.2025, a compliance report has been filed by the Assistant I.G., Raipur, which reflects that out of five prosecution witnesses four has been recorded so far as the fifth one is concerned namely Keshav Ram Koshle, whose examination in chief has been already recorded but his cross examination has been fixed for 14.10.2025. In view of the same learned trial Court is directed to record his cross examination and conclude the trial within a period of six weeks. 10. Office is directed to send a certified copy of this order to the trial Court concerned for necessary information and compliance forthwith. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice vaishali