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... Applicant(s)

Digitally AKHILESH signed by KUMAR AKHILESH DEWANGANKUMAR DEWANGAN versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer, Police Station City Kotwali, Durg District- Durg (C.G.)

... Respondent(s)

For Applicant(s) : Ms. Anjali Pradhan, Advocate.

For Respondent(s) : Ms. Smriti Shrivastava, Panel Lawyer.

Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

Order on Board

07.04.2026

1. This is the second bail application filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the applicant who has been arrested in connection with Crime No. 624/2024 registered at Police Station City Kotwali, Durg District- Durg (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Section

20(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that as per secret information received from the informant, the Police of concerned Police Station seized total 28.2 kgs of Ganja from the joint possession of the a