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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT

JODHPUR

S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 13187/2025

Mangla Ram S/o Shri Pema Ram, Aged About 28 Years, R/o

Taratar, Tehsil And Police Station Chohatan District Barmer

(Lodged In Dist. Jail Barmer)

----Petitioner

Versus

State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp

----Respondent

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Kishan Lal Vishnoi

For Respondent(s) : Mr. Hanuman Prajapati, PP

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP MATHUR

Order

30/01/2026

This application for bail under Section 483 of BNSS has been

filed by the petitioner who has been arrested in connection with

F.I.R. No.178/2023 registered at Police Station Sadar, District

Barmer for offences under Sections 8/15 & 25 of the NDPS Act

and Section 3/25 of Arms Act and Section 420 & 465 of the IPC.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Public

Prosecutor. Perused the material available on record.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that as per the

prosecution, in the intervening night of 25.05.2023, the SHO PS

Sadar, District Barmer recovered a huge recovery of contraband

(poppy-husk) from three vehicles i.e. one Eicher truck bearing

No.RJ-04-GC-1673, unnumbered Scorpio and Isuzu.

Learned counsel submitted that the allegation against the

present petitioner is that he along with co-accused persons

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namely Bira Ram, Kojaram, Dharma Ram and Hanuman Ram were

transporting the recovered contraband in the offending vehicle. He

further submitted that the petitioner has falsely implicated in the

present case; the contraband has not been recovered from the

conscious possession of the present petitioner; co-accused

persona namely Kojaram (S.B. Crl. Misc. Second Bail Application

No.6491/2024) Babu Lal (S.B. Crl. Misc. Bail Application

No.3382/2025) and Prakash Choudhary (S.B. Crl. Misc. Bail

Application No.8476/2025) have already been enlarged on bail by

this Court vide orders dated 16.10.2025, 15.09.2025 and

06.12.2025.

Learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted that the

case of the present petitioner is not worse than the case of above

named co-accused persons who have already been enlarged on

bail. Lastly, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the

petitioner is in judicial custody and the trial of the case is likely to

consume sufficiently long time. On these grounds, he implored the

Court to enlarge the petitioner on bail.

Per contra, learned Public Prosecutor vehemently opposed

the bail application. However, he was not in position to refute the

fact that the above named co-accused persons have already been

enlarged on bail.

Having considered the rival submissions, facts and

circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on

merits/demerits of the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the

petitioner on bail.

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Consequently, the bail application under Section 483 of BNSS

is allowed. It is ordered that the accused-petitioner Mangla Ram

S/o Shri Pema Ram, arrested in connection with F.I.R.

No.178/2023 registered at Police Station Sadar, District Barmer

shall be released on bail, if not wanted in any other case, provided

he furnishes a personal bond of Rs.50,000/- and two sureties of

Rs.25,000/- each, to the satisfaction of learned trial court, for his

appearance before that court on each & every date of hearing and

whenever called upon to do so till completion of the trial.

It is however, made clear that findings recorded/observations

made above are for limited purposes of adjudication of bail

application. The trial court shall not get prejudiced by the same.

(KULDEEP MATHUR),J

336-amit/-

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