1 2026:CGHC:3068 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRCA No. 64 of 2026 1 - Suresh Singh S/o Janardan Singh Aged About 33 Years R/o B.T.M. Housing Board, Jharsuguda, District : Jharsuguda *, Orissa ...Applicant versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer, Police Station- Bhatgaon, District : Surajpur, Chhattisgarh ... Non-applicant For Applicant : Mr. Gurudev I. Sharan, Advocate. For Non-applicant/State : Mr. Sourabh Sahu, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Order On Board 19/01/2026 1. The applicant has preferred this application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’), for grant of anticipatory bail, apprehending his arrest in connection with Crime No.75/2025, registered at Police Station -Bhatgaon, District : Surguja (C.G.) for alleged commission of offence NIKITA JAIN Digitally signed by NIKITA JAIN Date: 2026.01.21 11:17:21 +0530 2 punishable under Section 20(B) and 29 of Narcotic Drugs Psychotropic Substances Act. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 20.05.2025, the police of Police Station – Bhatgaon has received information through informant to the effect that three persons are going in motorcycle for sale of cannabis towards Village Karaundamuda. On the basis of said information, the police personnel conducted raid and allegedly recovered 12.240 kg. cannabis from the accused persons from motorcycle bearing registration no. CG-29-AC-3026. Accordingly the offence U/s 20(B), 29 of NDPS Act have been registered and the accused persons including present applicant have been arrested. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submits that the applicant has no criminal antecedent in the State of Chhattisgarh except the present case but having criminal antecedent of 12 cases of year 2010-18 (04 cases are pending) registered for the offence of I.P.C. in the State of Odisha. He submits further that the present applicant has been arrayed as an accused in the present case without any evidence against him and there is no seizure of any narcotic substance from the applicant, only on the basis of memorandum statement of the co- accused the present applicant has been arrested, therefore, he prays to enlarge the applicant on anticipatory bail. 3 4. On the other hand learned State counsel opposes the application for grant of anticipatory bail to the applicant. 5. Recently the Supreme Court in the matter of Anarul SK v. The State of West Bengal {SLP (Crl.) No(s). 12621/2024 has observed that the grant of anticipatory bail in cases involving Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) is a very serious issue. 6. In the light of observation made by the Supreme Court in Anarul SK (supra), I do not find any good ground to entertain this anticipatory bail application. Accordingly, the present anticipatory bail application is dismissed. Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Nikita