HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 32624 of 2025 Court No. - 67 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri K.K. Maurya, holding brief of Sri Shiv Pratap Singh, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri R.P. Patel, learned State Law Officer State and perused the record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 29 of 2025, under Section 8/20 of The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Police Station- Markundi, District Chitrakoot, during the pendency of trial. 4. As per the allegations of the FIR, 20.75 kg of ganja is said to have been recovered from the applicant containing 10 packets kept in polythene wrappers. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case with a view to cause unnecessary harassment and to victimize him. The said weight of the recovered contraband has been inflated by the arresting officer just to make it fall within the category of commercial quantity. 6. Learned counsel for the applicant has stated that there is no compliance of mandatory provision of Sections 52A of the N.D.P.S. Act and Section 105 of BNSS. There is no report of the chemical analyst to corroborate that the alleged contraband is ganja or not. 7. The applicant is languishing in jail since 29.05.2025. In case, the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Shiv Pratap Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Rishabh Singh .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail. 8. Learned State Law Officer has vehemently opposed the bail application. 9. Upon hearing learned counsel for the parties, perusal of record and considering the complicity of accused, severity of punishment as well as totality of facts and circumstances, at this stage without commenting on the merits of the case, I find it a fit case for bail. 10. Let the applicants - Rishabh Singh, who is involved in aforementioned case crime be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions. Further, before issuing the release order, the sureties be verified. i) The applicant shall not tamper with the evidence during trial. ii) The applicant shall not pressurise/intimidate with the prosecution witnesses. iii) The applicant shall appear before the trial court on the date fixed. 11. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 12. It is made clear that observations made in granting bail to the applicant shall not in any way affect the learned trial Judge in forming his independent opinion based on the testimony of the witnesses. September 23, 2025 Sumit S BAIL No. 32624 of 2025 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- SUMIT SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad