RAJMATI DEVI @ DHEVNI DEVI v. NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU
BAIL/13992/2026 · 2026-10-04
Krishan Pahal
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13992 of 2026 Court No. - 68 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.
1. List has been revised.
2. Heard Sri Mohd Irteqa, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Vipul Pandey, Advocate holding brief of Sri Ashish Pandey, learned counsel for the N.C.B. and perused the material placed on record.
3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.21 of 2025, under Sections 8/20/29 N.D.P.S. Act, 1985, Police Station N.C.B. Lucknow, District Kanpur Nagar, during the pendency of trial.
4. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the case of the applicant is on a better footing than that of co-accused Rampukar R. Kurmi, who has been granted bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 22.09.2026 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.15125 of 2026, as no recovery has been made from the applicant. Hence, the applicant is entitled to bail on the ground of parity. She is in jail since 31.12.2025 and undertakes that she will not misuse the liberty of bail.
5. The prayer for bail has been vehemently opposed by learned A.G.A. However, the aforesaid factual aspect of the parity to the co-accused has not been disputed by him.
6. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration that the case of the applicant is at a better footing to the co-accused who has been enlarged on bail, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed on the ground of parity. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mohd Irteqa Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Ashish Pandey Rajmati Devi @ Dhevni Devi .....Applicant(s) Narcotics Control Bureau .....Opposite Party(s)
7. Let the applicant- Rajmati Devi @ Dhevni Devi, be released on bail in the aforementioned case crime on furnishing a personal bond and two local sureties to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to verification of sureties, with the conditions that she shall not tamper with evidence or intimidate witnesses and shall appear before the trial court as required.
8. Breach of any condition shall entail cancellation of bail. The observations herein shall not affect the trial on merits. October 5, 2026 Ashok Gupta BAIL No. 13992 of 2026 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR GUPTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad