NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR MCRC No. 1813 of 2024 Sonu Patel S/o Murari Lal Patel Aged About 25 Years R/o Injani, Thana-

Chalgali, Dist. Balrampur Ramanujganj, C.G.

---- Applicant Versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Police Station, Gandhinagar, Dist. Sarguja, Ambikapur, C.G.

---- Non-Applicant (Cause Title taken from Case Information System)

For Applicant : Mr. Mateen Siddiqui, Advocate.

For Non-Applicant/State : Mr. Malay Jain, Panel Lawyer.

Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

Order on Board

22/03/2024

1. This is the first bail application filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been arrested in connection with Crime No. 441/2023 registered at Police Station – Gandhinagar, District - Sarguja (C.G.), for the offence punishable under Sections 20(B)(ii)(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 30.10.2023 the Police of Police Station – Gandhinagar, District - Sarguja (C.G.) had received secret information from the informant that two persons have kept contraband article i.e. 23.230 Kg of Ganja on a two wheeler bearing registration n