2026:JHHC:7650 Page | 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 11885 of 2025 --------- Sujeet Kumar Saw @ Khokan Saw, aged about 35 years, son of Madan Lal Saw, resident of Bagandhauda, P.O. and P.S. Chirkunda (Kumardhubi O.P.), District Dhanbad (Jharkhand) … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand. … … Opp. Party --------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUJIT NARAYAN PRASAD ---------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Shekhar Prasad Sinha, Adv For the Opp. Party : Mr. Bhola Nath Ojha, APP ---------- 03/Dated: 18th March, 2026 1. The instant application has been filed under Sections 483 and 484 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of bail in connection with Chikunda (Kumardhubi O.P.) P.S. No. 269 of 2025 registered under Sections 21(a), 22(a) of the NDPS Act and cognizance of the offence has been taken under Section 21(a), 22(a), 27 and 21(b) of NDPS, pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-IV cum- Special Judge (NDPS), Dhanbad. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that against the petitioner there is allegation of recovery of only 14.75 grams of brown sugar, which is below commercial quantity. Further, none of the penal offence under the NDPS is applicable against the petitioner as Section 21 of NDPS deals with manufactured drugs and preparations and Section 21(a) and 22(a) of NDPS deals with small quantity of contravention and have maximum punishment of one year and the petitioner is in custody since 16.09.2025. 2026:JHHC:7650 Page | 2 3. Therefore, submission has been made that the present petitioner may be enlarged on bail. 4. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the opposite party-State has seriously opposed the prayer for grant of bail making the ground that considerable amount of brown sugar has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. 5. This Court has heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the impugned order. 6. It appears that on received by the police, they raided the KMCEL Factory Kalighora and found that 15 pouches of illegal drug, which was weighed 14.72 grams, was recovered from the right pocket of the petitioner, which on enquiry has been told by the petitioner is brown sugar. 7. This Court considering the fact that drug trafficking is menace to society, as such is of the view that it is not a fit case for grant of bail. 8. Accordingly, the prayer for bail is hereby rejected. 9. The instant bail application stands dismissed. (Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.) 18th March, 2026 Alankar/-