IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14372 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-670 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Gaya ====================================================== Chandra Shekhar Maurya @ Chandar Shekhar Mourya, S/O Nandlal Mourya @ Nand Lal Maurya @ Nan Lal Moaurya, R/O Village- Sultanpur, P.S- Ram Nagar, Distt.- Varanasi @ Baranasi, Uttar Padesh. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Aryan Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Nand Kishore Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 2 16-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 670 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 8 and 20(b)(ii)(c) of the N.D.P.S. Act. 3. The case of the prosecution, in short, is that from the bag of this petitioner, altogether 15.212 Kg. of ganja was recovered. 4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case. Nothing has been recovered from his possession. The witnesses of the seizure list are police personnel. Police has not Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14372 of 2026(2) dt.16-03-2026 2/2 complied Section 105 of the B.N.S.S. while making the seizure. It has further been submitted that the alleged recovery of contraband is though more than small quantity but is much less than commercial quantity. Petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and he is languishing in judicial custody since 25.06.2025. 5. Learned APP appearing for the State has vehemently opposed the application for bail. 6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, NDPS Act, Gaya Ji in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 670 of 2025. lata/- (Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) U T