2026 Supreme(Online)(Raj) 1771
HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN (JAIPUR BENCH)
PRAVEER BHATNAGAR
HARSHITA GARG DAUGHTER OF SHRI NIRMAL KUMAR GARG – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF RAJASTHAN – Respondent
CRLBC / 139 / 2023
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN
BENCH AT JAIPUR
S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Petition No.9574/2022
1. Harshita Garg Daughter Of Shri Nirmal Kumar Garg, Aged
About 27 Years, Resident Of Makaan No. D-93, Ladli Path,
Chomu House, C-Scheme, Police Station Vidhyakpuri,
Jaipur (Raj).
2. Rajat Morya Son Of Shri Mangilal, Aged About 31 Years,
Resident Of 817, UB Aura Tower Apartment, Shahkar
Marg, Jyoti Nagar, Infront Of Imli Phatak, Jaipur (Raj).
----Petitioners
Versus
1. Babloo @ Pawan Son Of Late Shri Balram @ Bal Bahadur,
Resident Of Gram Pulga, Post Office Barshaini, Police
Station Barshaini, Tehsil Bhuntar, District Kullu, Himachal
Pradesh.
2. Central Bureau Of Investigation, Through Special P.P.
3. State Of Rajasthan, Through Public Prosecutor.
----Respondents
Connected With
S.B. Criminal Bail Cancellation Application No.139/2023
Harshita Garg Daughter Of Shri Nirmal Kumar Garg, Aged About
27 Years, Resident Of Makaan No.D 93, Ladli Path, Chomu
House, C-Scheme, Police Station Vidhayakpuri, Jaipur (Raj.)
----Petitioner
Versus
1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Public Prosecutor
2. Babloo @ Pawan Son Of Late Shri Balram @ Bal Bahadur,
Resident Of Gram Pulga, Post Office Barshaini, Police
Station Barshaini, Tehsil Bhuntar, District Kullu, Himachal
Pradesh.
----Respondents
For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Manish Gupta, Adv.
For Respondent(s) : Mr. Shyam Singh Yadav, Adv.
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEER BHATNAGAR
Order
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1. Date of conclusion of arguments 22/01 /2026
2. Date on which the judgment was reserved 22/01 /2026
3. Whether the full judgment or only the operative
part is pronounced Full Judgment
4. Date of pronouncement 28 /01/2026
1. The petitioners- Harshita Garg and Rajat Morya have
preferred the instant petition under Sections 482 and bail
cancellation application under Section 439 of Cr.P.C., challenging
the order dated 17.03.2021 passed by the Special Court (N.D.P.S.
Cases), Jaipur Metropolitan, Jaipur in FIR No.350/2016 registered
at Police Station Adarsh Nagar, Jaipur for the offences under
Sections 8/20 of the N.D.P.S. Act which was later on transferred to
CBI, New Delhi with Case No. RC3(S)/2019/CBI/SC/III/New Delhi,
by which the application for grant of pardon filed by Respondent
No.2 was allowed and bail was granted to Respondent No.2 Babloo
@ Pawan.
2. It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that vide
impugned order dated 17.03.2021, the accused respondent-
Babloo @ Pawan was granted pardon against provision of Section
306 of Cr.P.C. It is contended that the said order suffers from
patent illegality as the same was passed violating the essential
term of Section 306 of Cr.P.C. It is further claimed that as per
Section 306(4) of Cr.P.C., enlarging the accused-respondent
-Babloo @ Pawan on bail is per se illegal as Section 306(4)
provides explicitly that after the grant of pardon, the accused shall
be detained till the conclusion of the trial. It is also contended that
the trial Court has no right to enlarge the petitioner on bail in
terms of Section 439 of Cr.P.C., as the provision of Section 439 of
Cr.P.C. is not applicable, and only under Section 482 of Cr.P.C.
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could the respondent have applied for bail. In support of his
argument, learned counsel relies on the judgment of Noor Taki
Alias Mammu vs. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1987 Raj 52
passed by this Court and Lt. Commander Pascal Fernandes vs.
The State of Maharashtra & Others, 1968 AIR 594, passed by
the Hon'ble Apex Court.
3. Contrarily, it is argued by learned counsel for the C.B.I. that
the case was transferred to the C.B.I. and thereafter, as per the
provision of Section 64 of the N.D.P.S. Act, the application was
filed, and the same was allowed by the trial Court. It is contended
that there is no violation of any provision enshrined unde