[2026:JHHC:5494] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.576 of 2026 ------ Deepak Kumar Mehta @ Nirmal Kumar, aged about 27 years, S/O Jai Narayan Prasad Mehta, resident of village- Mandai Chaprakh, P.O. + P.S.- Ichak, Dist: Hazaribag .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... Opposite Party ------ CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Nilesh Kr. Gupta, Advocate Mr. Ankur Anand, Advocate For the State : Mr. Bhola Nath Ojha, Spl.P.P ------ Order No.02 Dated- 25-02-2026 Heard the parties. The petitioner has been made accused in connection Ichak P.S. Case No.130 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable under Section 18, 20, 22 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation against the petitioner is that from the possession of the co-accused Pintu Kumar Mehta, 13 gm of Brown Sugar and 620 gm of Cannabis have been recovered and he disclosed the name of the petitioner as one of his associates. It is submitted that the allegation against the petitioner is false. It is next submitted that the petitioner has been implicated in this case only on the basis of confessional statement of the co-accused and nothing has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. It is also submitted that the seized Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances do not come under commercial quantity. It is then submitted that the petitioner undertakes that he will co-operate with the trial of the case. It is lastly submitted that the petitioner has been in custody since 29.10.2025 as has been mentioned in para-09 of the instant bail application. Hence it is submitted that the petitioner be released on bail. Learned Spl. P.P. opposes the prayer for bail. Considering the facts of this case, the above-named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, N.D.P.S. Act, Hazaribagh in connection with Ichak P.S. Case No.130 of 2024 with the condition that he will co-operate with the trial of the case, furnish his mobile number and photocopy of the Aadhar Card in the court below with an undertaking that he will not change his mobile number during the trial of the case. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) Dated- 25.02.2026-Animesh/