1 2025:CGHC:54664 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRCA No. 1739 of 2025 Rakesh Verma S/o Rupu Verma Aged About 34 Years R/o Khapridih Khurd, Police Station- Kharora, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh ... Applicant Versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Station House Officer, Police Station- Kharora, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh ... Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. Satya Prakash Verma, Advocate For Non-applicant : Ms. Ankita Shukla, Panel Lawyer SB : Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order On Board 10/11/2025 1. The applicant has preferred this application under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of Bail, apprehending his arrest in connection with Crime No. 308/2025, registered at Police Station – Kharora, District – Raipur (C.G.) for the alleged commission of offence punishable under Sections Section 20 (B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. 2. The prosecution's story in brief is that, on 20.05.2025, the police authorities of Police Station – Kharora, District – Raipur, received a secret information from an informant and on the basis of the said information, conducted a raid and seized 27.894 Kgs of Cannabis from the possession of the applicant. Thereafter the aforesaid offences were registered against the applicant. 2 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. He submits that the alleged cannabis were recovered from the possession of the co-accused Mohan Singh Koshle and there is no seizure from the present applicant. He submits that the present applicant has been made accused only on the basis of memorandum statement of the co-accused person Mohan Singh Koshle. So far as the criminal antecedents of the applicant is concerned, he submits that there are no previous antecedents against the applicant. Further, there is no material available against the applicant in the charge-sheet. Therefore, he prays for grant of bail to the applicant. 4. On the other hand, learned State counsel opposes the bail application of the present applicant and submits that the bail application of the co-accused Mohan Singh Koshle has also been rejected by this Court in M.Cr.C. No. 8818/2025 vide order dated 06.11.2025. He submits that in the charge-sheet there is specific allegations against the applicant and further, 27.894 Kgs of Cannabis were seized from the possession of the applicant and he is not entitled for grant of bail. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary. 6. 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. 7. 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/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Dey SHUBHAM DEY Digitally signed by SHUBHAM DEY