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2026 DAILYLAW 1373 (RAJ)

LAXMAN SINGH S/O CHANDAR SINGH v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

CRLMB/4246/2026 · 2026-03-30

Sameer Jain

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[2026:RJ-JP:13377] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 2145/2026 Rajendra Singh S/o Kalu Singh, Aged About 27 Years, R/o Bishniya Police Station Gangdhar District Jhalawar (Raj) (At Present Confined In Sub- District Jail, Bhawani Mandi District Jhalawar (Raj.) ----Applicant Versus State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp ----Respondent Connected With S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 4246/2026 Laxman Singh S/o Chandar Singh, Aged About 40 Years, R/o Chokdi Kalan, Police Station Dug, District Jhalawar (Raj.) (Presently Confined In Sub Jail At Bhawani Mandi). ----Applicant Versus State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp ----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Rohit Khandelwal Mr. Rajveer Singh Jhala For Respondent(s) : Mr. Vivek Sharma, PP HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAMEER JAIN Order 30/03/2026 1. The instant bail applications have been filed under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 on behalf of the accused-applicants. The accused-applicants were arrested in connection with FIR No. 17/2026 registered at Police Station Gangdhar, District Jhalawar for the offence(s) under Sections 8/18 and 8/29 of the NDPS Act, 1985. [2026:RJ-JP:13377] (2 of 3) [CRLMB-2145/2026] 2. Learned counsel for the accused-applicants have submitted that the applicants are sole bread earner of their family. It is further submitted that the applicants are in judicial custody since 18.01.2026 and 12.02.2026, respectively. It is also submitted that approximately 112 grams of opium is recovered from one of the applicant and the same is much less than the prescribed commercial quantity of 2.5 kilograms. It is next submitted that there are two criminal antecedents against one of the applicant, namely Laxman Singh, and the other applicant, namely Rajendra has one criminal antecedent. 3. Per contra, learned Public Prosecutor has vehemently opposed the instant bail application. 4. Having heard the arguments advanced by learned counsel for the parties, taking note of the fact that the applicants are sole bread earner of their family; that the applicants have been in judicial custody since 18.01.2026 and 12.02.2026, respectively; that the quantity of contraband recovered is much less than the prescribed commercial quantity, and looking to the overall facts and circumstances of the case and material available on record but without commenting on merits/demerits of the case, this court is inclined to allow the bail application of the accused-applicant and enlarge them on bail. 5. Accordingly, the present bail application under Section 483 BNSS is allowed and it is ordered that accused-applicant Rajendra Singh S/o Kalu Singh & Laxman Singh S/o Chandar Singh shall be enlarged on bail provided they furnish a personal bond of Rs.50,000/- each with two sureties of Rs.25,000/- each to the satisfaction of learned trial Judge for their [2026:RJ-JP:13377] (3 of 3) [CRLMB-2145/2026] appearance before the court concerned on all the dates of hearing as and when called upon to do so. (SAMEER JAIN),J JKP/76-77