GOURI MUDALIAR Digitally signed 2026:CGHC:6645 by GOURI MUDALIAR Date: 2026.02.06 17:53:26 +0530 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCRC No. 10064 of 2025 Jitendra Pradhan Alias Kunu Pradhan S/o Balbhadra Pradhan Aged About 39 Years R/o Village And P.S. Lakhna, Tehsil Nuapada, District : Nuapada (Orissa) ... Applicant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Police Station Bagbahra, District :

Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh ... Respondent For Applicant : Shri Shubhank Tiwari, Advocate.

For : Shri Sourabh Sahu, PL.

Respondent/State Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice

Order on Board

05/02/2026

1.

The applicant has preferred this First Bail Application under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail, as he has been arrested in connection with Crime No.161/2025 registered at Police Station – Bagbahra, District : Mahasamund (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Section 20 (B) of The Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

2.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that after getting the secret information, the raid was performed and total (10.052 K.G.) i.e. 10 K.G. 52 Grams of contraband i.e. Ganja was seized from the possession of the A