2026:JHHC:4651 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.11203 of 2025 ---- Charanjit Singh, s/o Ratanchand, aged about 48 years old, R/o village Bajrur, Roop Nagar, P.O.+P.S.- Nurpurbedi, District – Ropad, Punjab. …. …. Petitioner(s)/Applicant(s) Versus The State of Jharkhand …. …. Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR ---- For the Petitioner(s)/Applicant(s) : Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. For the State : Mr. Bishambhar Shastri, A.P.P. ---- 03/Dated: 18th February, 2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned counsel for the State. 2. The applicant who is in custody since 17.04.2024 has approached this Court for grant of regular bail in connection with Bundu P.S. Case No.47 of 2024 corresponding NDPS Case No.112 of 2024, registered for the offence under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c) and 15(b) of NDPS Act, pending in the court of learned Additional Judicial Commissioner-XIII, Ranchi. 3. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant(s) that complete set of FIR along with its enclosure have been annexed with this bail application and there is no suppression on his/her part. 4. It appears that Ganja in commercial quantity and doda in intermediary quantity have been recovered. 5. Innocence has been claimed by the learned counsel for the applicant and undertaking has been given for participation in the trial. It has been submitted that the applicant has been falsely implicate in this case and similarly situated co-accused namely Vipan @ Bipan Kumar has already been granted bail by the co-ordinate Bench of this Court in B.A. No.6930 of 2025 vide order dated 08.08.2025. On the above basis, prayer for bail has been made. 6. Learned counsel for the State has opposed the prayer for bail. 7. The law is clear that this Court has to consider the mandate of Section 37 of the NDPS Act. Parity is otherwise not available in the bail jurisprudence. There is recovery of NDPS Substance in the commercial quantity. 2026:JHHC:4651 Page | 2 B.A. No.11203 of 2025 8. In that view of the matter and after considering the mandate of Section 37 of the NDPS Act, I am not inclined to enlarge the applicant on bail. Accordingly, the present bail application stands rejected. (Rajesh Kumar, J.) Dated: 18th February, 2026 Amar/- Uploaded on 20.02.2026