For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sanjiv Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Union of India : Mr. Arvind Kumar, CGC For the State : Mr. Pawan Kumar Chaurasia, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER

2 20-01-2026 Heard Mr. Sanjiv Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Arvind Kumar, learned CGC for the Union of India and Mr. Pawan Kumar Chaurasia, learned APP for the State.

2. Petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since

09.09.2025, in connection with N.D.P.S. Case No. 09 of 2025 arising out of Kharagpur P.S. Case No. 202 of 2025, F.I.R. dated 08.09.2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 8(C), 21(b), 22(b), 29, 25 of the N.D.P.S. and Section 7 of the Lotteries Act, 1998 .

3. The case relates to recovery of 8.7 gms. of Smack from the possession of the petitioner.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has clean antecedent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submits that it appears from the F.I.R. as well as seizure list that altogether 101 Puria of Smack (28 grams) was recovered from the possession of the petitioner and other co-a