1 21.ba.576.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.576 OF 2026 Avinash Sanjay Dhoke ..vs.. State of Maharashtra - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's orders of directions and Registrar's orders - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Shri Shavez H. Mansuri, Advocate for the applicant. Shri H.R. Dhumale, APP for non-applicant/State. CORAM: M.M. NERLIKAR, J. DATE : 02.07.2026. Heard. 2. By way of this application, the applicant is seeking bail in connection with Crime No.468 of 2025 registered with the Kalmana Police Station, Nagpur City for the offences punishable under Sections 8(c), 20(b)(ii) (c), 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, Act, 1985, on the ground of parity. 3. The FIR came to be lodged against the applicant alleging that on the secret information, the officers of the Kalmana police station laid a trap and reached at the spot i.e. a public road, where it was found that some persons were unloading gunny bags from the Eicher truck and transferring them into a black colored Mahindra XUV 500. Two persons were found on the spot and on inquiry they disclosed their names as Avinash and Palash. The Police officials conducted search of the truck and Mahindra XUV 500 and seized total 108.007 kg of ganja and therefore FIR came to be registered against the accused persons. 4. Learned Counsel for the applicant submits that 2 21.ba.576.2026 co-accused Palash Wankhede has already been released on bail in the same crime vide this Court’s order dated 17.04.2026 passed in Criminal Application No.350 of 2026. 5. Learned APP conceded to this fact and submits that the observations of this Court in Criminal Application No.350 of 2026 are equally applicable to the present applicant also. 6. For the reasons set out by this Court in the order dated 17.04.2026 passed in Criminal Application No.350 of 2026, the application deserves to be allowed on the same terms and conditions. Hence the following order: (a) The application is allowed. (b) The applicant Avinash Sanjay Dhoke in connection with Crime No.468 of 2025 registered with the Kalmana Police Station, Nagpur City for the offences punishable under Sections 8(c), 20(b)(ii)(c), 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, Act, 1985 be released on bail on furnishing P.R. bond of Rs.50,000/- with one surety in the like amount. (c) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case, as also shall not tamper with the evidence. (d) The applicant shall provide his residential address and cell number to Police Station 3 21.ba.576.2026 concerned and shall not change his place of residence without prior intimation to the Investigating Agency. (e) The applicant shall attend each and every date of trial regularly. If he fails to attend the trial for two consecutive dates, or fails to comply with the aforesaid conditions, his default would entail the State to ask for cancellation of bail. 7. All Misc. application(s), pending if any, shall stands disposed of accordingly. (M.M. NERLIKAR , J. ) Trupti