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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
B.A No. 11797 of 2025 Deepak Kumar Dangi, aged about 31 years, S/o Harlal Dangi, R/o Vill. Gidhour, PO & PS-Gidhour, Distt.-Chatra, Jharkhand
... … Petitioner(s)
Versus The State of Jharkhand
... … Opposite Party(s)
CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK ROSHAN For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Advocate
Mr. Shashank, Advocate For the State
: Mr. Bhola Nath Ojha, APP
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Order No. 03/Dated: 16th March 2026
Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2.
The instant bail application has been preferred by the petitioner for grant of regular bail for the offences registered under Sections 111(2)(b) of the BNS Act and under Sections 17(c), 21(c), 22(c), 27(a), 28 and 29 of the NDPS Act in connection with Gidhour PS Case No. 34 of 2025.
3.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits the petitioner has been apprehended on the allegation that 639 gram of brown sugar has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner, however, FSL report suggests that it was not a brown sugar rather it was opium. He submits that taking into consideration that it was opium the same will not come under commercial quantity and it is in intermediary quantity and the petitioner is lying in judicial custody since 15.05.2025. As such, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner may be enlarged on bail.
4.
Learned APP opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
5.
Having regard to the allegation made against the petitioner coupled with the fact that the petitioner is in custody since 15.05.2025, I am inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the petitioner, above-named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of
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Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, NDPS, Chatra in connection with Gidhour PS Case No. 34 of 2025.
6.
It is made clear that the petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the learned trial Court and he shall not threaten any witness and shall co-operate in trial and if any adverse report will come against the above-named petitioner, learned trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail of the above-named petitioner.
7.
Accordingly, the instant bail application stands allowed.
(Deepak Roshan, J.) 16th March 2026 Amit Uploaded on 17/03/2026