IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2738 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-669 Year-2024 Thana- CHAPRA TOWN District- Saran ====================================================== Sanjay Mahto @ Sanjay Kumar Son of Utam Mahto @ Utim Mahto R/o - Mohalla- Butanbari, P.S - Chapra Town, District – Saran. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Sanjay Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Harendra Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 3 23-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in Chapra Town P.S. Case No. 669 of 2024 dated 09.11.2024, registered under Sections 21(b) and 22 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. 3. The allegation is of recovery of 15.380 grams of a smack-like substance kept in fifteen packets wrapped in white- colored paper along with currency notes amounting to Rs. 1,300/- and a black-colored Apache motorcycle bearing Registration No. BR-04AH-5322 from the possession of the co- Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2738 of 2026(3) dt.23-02-2026 2/3 accused, Kundan Kumar. It is further alleged that the said co- accused disclosed the name of the petitioner who allegedly managed to flee away after seeing the police party. 4.Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is submitted that no contraband has been recovered either from the conscious possession or from the house of the petitioner; rather, the alleged illicit contraband was recovered from the possession of the co-accused, Kundan Kumar. It is further submitted that the motorcycle allegedly used in the commission of the offence belongs to the brother of the said co-accused. Lastly, it is submitted that the petitioner has been in custody since 26.10.2025 and has no criminal antecedents. 5. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State has opposed the prayer. 6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court of Sessions Judge -cum-Special Judge, Saran at Chapra in connection with Chapra Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2738 of 2026(3) dt.23-02-2026 3/3 Town P.S. Case No. 669 of 2024. 7. The application stands allowed. shyambihari/- (Khatim Reza, J) U