1 CGHC010300312026 2026:CGHC:35673 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 7428 of 2026 1 - Lal Singh S/o Kiran Singh Aged About 43 Years R/o Balsan Chauraha, Thana - Georgetown, Distt. Prayagraj Uttar Pradesh 2 - Pawan Kumar Yadav S/o Ganesh Yadav Aged About 30 Years R/o Balsan Chauraha, Thana - Georgetown, Distt. Prayagraj Uttar Pradesh ... Applicants versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer, Police Station Raghunath Nagar, Distt. Balrampur-Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh ... Non-Applicant For Applicants : Shri Deepak Kumar Jain, Advocate. For Non-Applicant : Miss Ritika Verma, PL. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice Order on Board 12/08/2026 1. This is the second bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the applicants who have been arrested in connection with Crime No.5/2025 registered at Police Station Raghunath Nagar, KRISHNA KUMAR BARVE Digitally signed by KRISHNA KUMAR BARVE Date: 2026.08.13 15:38:25 +0530 2 District Balrampur-Ramanujganj (C.G.) for the offence under Sections 20 (b) and 29 of the NDPS Act. 2. This is the 2nd bail application on behalf of the applicants. The earlier bail application preferred by the applicants has been rejected on merits vide order dated 12.9.2025 passed in MCRC No.7310/2025. 3. Case of the prosecution is that on 12.01.2025, Police Officers searched a vehicle at the Tungva check post in the village. They stopped a white Tata Jest car coming from Wadrafnagar and seized 70.180 kg of cannabis (ganja) from the joint possession of the applicant and co-accused. The police then registered an FIR at Raghunath Nagar police station under Section 20(b) and 29 of the NDPS Act, 1985, and arrested the applicants. 4. It has been argued by learned counsel for the applicants that the prosecution has not proved the involvement of the present applicants in the said crime. Police had seized the illicit contraband of 69 packets but without sampling in the each packet sampling was done after samras (mixed) the contraband which is against the law. Applicant No.1 is the owner of the vehicle and co accused had brought the car on rent and applicant no.1 was not aware that co accused had loaded the contraband in the said car. The police had filed challan against the applicants on 26.06.2025 and charges were framed on 31.07.2025 but till 29.06.2026, only 2 witnesses have been examined. Looking to the delay in trial and 3 detention period of the applicants as they in jail since 12.01.2025, they may be released on bail. 5. On the other hand, learned counsel appearing for the State/non- applicant would oppose the bail application and submit that the quantity of 70.180 Kgs of cannabis (ganja) seized from the joint possession of the applicant and co-accused, which is much more than the commercial quantity. Further, the charge-sheet has been submitted. She further submits that the bail application of the co- accused person has already been rejected by this Court vide order dated 04.02.2025 passed in MCRC No.1011/2025. Hence, bail application is liable to be dismissed. 6. I have heard learned counsel appearing for the parties and perused the case diary. 7. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that the earlier bail application has been rejected on merits on the ground that quantity of contraband i.e. 70.180 of cannabis (Ganja) was seized from joint possession of the applicants and co-accused which is much more than the commercial quantity and further the charge-sheet has been submitted and the bail application of co-accused person has already been rejected by this Court vide order dated 04.02.2025 passed in MCRC No.1011/2025, this Court is not inclined to release the applicants on bail. 4 8. Accordingly, the second bail application of applicant – Lal Singh & Pawan Kumar Yadav, involved in Crime No.5/2025 registered at Police Station Raghunath Nagar, District Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) for the offence under Sections 20 (b) and 29 of the NDPS Act, is rejected. 9. However, this Court hopes and trusts that the trial Court shall make an earnest endeavour to conclude the trial as expeditiously as possible within a period of 6 months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order in accordance with law, if there is no legal impediment. - Sd/- (Ramesh Sinha) Chief Justice Barve