HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 31509 of 2026 Court No. - 68 (Sl. No. 28 out of 185) HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Akhilesh Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri R.M. Yadav, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 231 of 2026, under Section 8/20 of The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Police Station-Harraiya, District -Basti, during the pendency of trial. 4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, taking into consideration the fact that the contraband recovered from the possession of the applicant i.e. 10 kg of ganja is below commercial quantity, as such, the rigours of Section 37 of NDPS do not apply to the instant case; there being no criminal antecedents to his credit and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, prima facie, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant- Shani Kumar @ Ravi, who is involved in aforementioned case crime be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to verification of sureties, with the condition that he shall not tamper with evidence or intimidate witnesses and shall appear before the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Akhilesh Kumar Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shani Kumar @ Ravi .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) trial court as required. 6. Breach of any of the above condition shall entail cancellation of bail. The observation herein shall not affect the trial on merits. September 8, 2026 Shalini BAIL No. 31509 of 2026 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- SHALINI JAISWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad