IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.55749 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-204 Year-2026 Thana- RANIGANJ District- Araria ====================================================== Babloo Paswan S/o Ashok Paswan Resident of Village - Kupari ward no. 1, P.S. - Raniganj, Dist. - Araria. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Mukesh Kumar Rana, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ajay Kumar No. 2, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 2 19-08-2026 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection with Raniganj P.S. Case No. 204 of 2026 registered on 21.06.2026 for the offences punishable under Sections 8 and 20(B) IIB of the N.D.P.S. Act, 1985. 3. As per prosecution, total recovery of 4 Kg and 100 grams ganja has been made, which is the subject matter of the present case. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and his name has figured in this case Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.55749 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 2/3 solely on the basis of the disclosure statement of the apprehended co-accused person. He submits that from a bare perusal of the contents of the FIR, it becomes crystal clear that the said Ganja has been recovered from the house/possession of the co-accused, Pappu Paswan, and nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the present petitioner. He further submits that the petitioner has a clean antecedent. The petitioner is basically a victim in this case, and his name has been falsely inserted at the instance of the police. He also submits that the recovered ganja is less than the commercial quantity, though it is above the small quantity. 5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail but fairly submits that the antecedent of the petitioner is clean as well as nothing has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. 6. As such, in the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Trial Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of 30000/- ₹ (thirty thousand) as mentioned in Section 2(1) (d) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 to the satisfaction of the Sessions Judge cum Special Judge, N.D.P.S. Act, Araria, in Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.55749 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 3/3 connection with Raniganj P.S. Case No. 204 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Manshi/- (Dr. Anshuman, J) U T