1 2026:CGHC:1687 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 288 of 2026 Homendra Singh S/o Late Devendra Singh Aged About 20 Years R/o Village- Sudwar Ps Gohparu District- Shahdol (Mp) ... Applicant(s) versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through - Station House OfÏcer, P.S.- Pendra, District- Gaurela Pendra Marwahi (C.G.) (Police Station Name Is Not Properly Mentioned In The Cause Title Of The Impugned Order Which Is Being Mentioned As Per The Charge Sheet) ... Non-applicant(s) For Applicant : Mr. Aman Tamrakar, Advocate For Non-applicant/State : Mr. Amit Verma, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order on Board 12/01/2026 1. This is the first bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been arrested in connection with Crime No. 310/2024 registered at Police Station- Pendra, District – Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Section 20(B) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. KUNAL DEWANGAN Digitally signed by KUNAL DEWANGAN 2 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 20.10.2024, the Police of Police Station Pendra received secret information from the informant that the present applicant, along with other co-accused persons, was transporting illegal narcotic substances. Acting upon the said information, the police intercepted a car bearing registration No. MH-02/EH-1015, checked the dicky of the car and seized approximately 34.300 kg of narcotic substance from their possession. During the course of investigation, a co-accused, in his memorandum statement, disclosed that some other persons, namely Rameshwar Ahirwar, Babloo Rani, and Shekher Pal, were also involved in the said offence and that they used to transport the narcotic substance in car bearing registration No. CG-16C-Q-4781, and were also involved in the illegal sale of the said narcotic substance. On the basis of the aforesaid statement, the police arrested the present applicant along with other co-accused and registered the above-mentioned offence against them. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has been falsely implicated in this case. He further submits that the applicant was not knowing about the seized contraband ganja and only on the basis of suspicious, the prosecution has made false registered against the applicant but he applicant has not committed any aforesaid offences. He also submits that the material witnesses have been examined before the learned trial Court by the prosecution agency and they have not supported the case of the prosecution and turned hostile and he is in jail since 20.10.2024, in the present case, charge-sheet has filed before the competent Court 3 and the conclusion of the trial may take quite long time. Accordingly, he prays for enlarging the applicant on regular bail. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State/non-applicant opposes the bail application and submits that the charge-sheet has been filed in the present case before the competent Court. He further submits that the quantity of contraband article i.e. 34.300 kgs of Ganja has been recovered from the possession of the applicant along with co- accused who had kept in his car’s dickey, which is much above the commercial quantity and as such, the applicant is not entitled to be released on bail. 5. I have heard learned counsel appearing for the parties and perused the case diary. 6. From perusal of the case diary, it is apparent that a huge quantity of ganja, which is much above the commercial quantity, has been seized from the dicky of the car from the possession of the present applicant along with the co-accused persons. Considering the nature and gravity of the offence, the recovery of contraband from the joint possession of the applicant and the statutory rigour of the NDPS Act, the plea of false implication cannot be accepted. The applicant has also failed to furnish any satisfactory or plausible explanation with regard to the said recovery. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this Court does not find it to be a fit case for grant of regular bail to the applicant. 7. Accordingly, the bail application of the applicant – Homendra Singh filed under Section 483 of the B.N.S.S., involved in Crime 4 No. 310/2024 registered at Police Station- Pendra, District – Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Section 20(B) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985., is rejected. 8. Needless to say that the trial Court concerned is at liberty to proceed and conclude the trial expeditiously. 9. OfÏce is directed to send a certified copy of this order to the trial Court concerned for necessary information and compliance. - Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Kunal