2026:JHHC:1002 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.11348 of 2025 Jitan Goswami @ Sethi, aged about 26 years, S/o Basant Goswami, R/o village- Old Shuk Bazar, Near Ajay Park, P.O.+ P.S & District- Lohardaga …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Altamas Khan, Advocate For the State : Mr. Bhola Nath Ojha, Spl. P.P. ------ 2/15.01.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is seeking regular bail, in connection with Lohardaga P.S Case No. 179/2025, U/s 17 (a)/21 (a)/22 (a)/29 of N.D.P.S Act, pending in the Court of learned Principal District & Sessions Judge cum SPl. Judge, Lohardaga. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the allegations are made of recovery of 2.50 gram of brown sugar from the possession of the petitioner. He also submits that the quantity is very small and the petitioner is in custody since 27.9.2025. He next submits that there is one criminal antecedent against the petitioner and that is of public nuisance and not of the NDPS. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the state submits that from the conscious possession of the petitioner, the said brown sugar has been recovered. 5. Considering that the recovery of the said brown sugar is a small and the petitioner is in custody since 27.9.2025, I am inclined to grant regular bail to the petitioner. 2026:JHHC:1002 2 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to be released on regular bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty-Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Principal District & Sessions Judge cum Spl. Judge, Lohardaga, in connection with Lohardaga P.S Case No. 179/2025. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 15.01.2026 R.Kumar