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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 2903/2026 Mukesh Kumar S/o Shri Mangla Ram, Aged About 25 Years, R/o Village Siwada, Police Station Chitalwana, District Jalore.

(At Present Lodged In Sub Jail, Sanchore)

----Petitioner Versus State Of Rajasthan, Through PP ----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Ankit Choudhary For Respondent(s) : Mr. Narendra Singh Chandawat, PP HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MUKESH RAJPUROHIT

Order

10/03/2026 This second application for bail under Section 483 of BNSS (439 Cr.P.C.) has been filed by the petitioner who has been arrested in the present matter. The requisite details of the matter are tabulated herein below:

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

Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.9880/2025 was dismissed as not pressed vide order dated 16.10.2025 passed by this Court, with a liberty to file fresh bail application after recording of the statement of Seizure Officer. Statement of Seizure Officer has already been recorded, hence, this second application for bail has been filed.

It is contended by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the allegations levelled against the petitioner are false and fabricated. He submits that the petitioner is about 25 years of age and has no concern with the alleged recovery as the contraband was not recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn attention of this Court toward statement of Seizure Officer (PW-1) and submitted that as per the statement of Seizure Officer, the contraband was recovered from the place which does not belong to the petitioner. It is further submitted that the Seizure Officer himself admitted that place in question does not belong to the petitioner and there was no name plate affixed there. The relevant portion of the statement of Seizure Officer reads as under:-

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