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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 1881/2026 Ram Chandra S/o Shri Raja Ram, Aged About 24 Years, Resident Of Roda, Police Station Nokha District Bikaner. (At Present Lodged In District Jail, Hanumangarh)

----Petitioner Versus State Of Rajasthan, Through PP ----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Sunil Vishnoi For Respondent(s) : Mr. Narendra Gehlot, PP HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MUKESH RAJPUROHIT

Order

19/02/2026 This second application for bail under Section 483 of BNSS (439 Cr.P.C.) has been filed by petitioner who has been arrested in the present matter. The requisite details of the matter are tabulated herein below:

S. No.	Particulars of the case
1.	FIR Number	468/2025
2.	Police Station	Hanumangarh Town
3.	District	Hanumangarh
4.		Offences alleged in the FIR Under Section 8/15 of the NDPS Act
5.	Offences added, if any	Under Section 8/29 of NDPS Act

The 1st bail application filed on behalf of petitioner i.e. S.B.

Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.12701/2025 was dismissed vide order dated 13.11.2025 passed by this Court with the liberty to the petitioner to file fresh bail application after filing of the challan. After rejection of first bail application, challan has been filed. Hence, this second application for bail has been filed.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. The contraband was recovered from the co-accused-Vikas and Saurabh and the petitioner has been enroped in this case only on the statement of co-accused-Vikas that contraband was supplied to him by the petitioner.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the co-

accused Kailash has already been enlarged on bail by this Court vide order dated 30.01.2026, passed in S.B. Criminal Misc. 2^nd Bail Application No. 1318/2026. Additionally, petitioner has no previous criminal antecedents. The challan has already been filed and the petitioner has been in custody since 16.07.2025. The trial of case will take sufficiently long time, therefore, benefit of bail may be granted to accused-petitioner.

Per contra, learned Public Prosecutor has vehemently opposed second bail application. However, he is not in a position to refute the fact that the petitioner has been enroped in this case on the basis of statement of co-accused and that co-accused- Kailash has been enlarged on bail by this Court and the petitioner has no previous antecedents.

Having heard and considered the rival submissions, facts and circumstances of the case as well as perused material available on record; considering the fact that petitioner has no previous criminal antecedents; challan has already been filed; petitioner has been in custody since 16.07.2025; the co-accused Kailash has already been enlarged on bail by this Court and trial of the case will take sufficiently long time; without expressing any opinion on merits/demerits of the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge petitioner on bail.

Consequently, second bail application under Section 483 of BNSS (439 Cr.P.C.) is allowed. It is ordered that accused-petitioner as named in the cause title, arrested in connection with above mentioned FIR, shall be released on bail, if not wanted in any other case, provided he/she/they furnishes a personal bond of Rs.1,00,000/- and two sureties of Rs.50,000/- each, to the satisfaction of learned trial court, for his/her/their appearance before that court on each & every date of hearing and whenever called upon to do so till completion of the trial.

(MUKESH RAJPUROHIT),J

76-AbhishekS/-

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