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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 3815/2026 Pradeep Rawat @ Pradeep Gurjar Son Of Dataram, Resident Of Dhani Ravtan, Ward No. 15, Dabla Road, Mansi Vihar, Kotputli, District Kotputli-Behror (Raj.) (At Present Accused Petitioner Confined In Central Jail Jaipur)

----Petitioner Versus State of Rajasthan, through Public Prosecutor ----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Sajid Ali &

Mr. Dinesh Chand Sharma For Respondent(s) : Ms. Arti Sharma, Public Prosecutor HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GANESH RAM MEENA

Order

16/04/2026

1. The instant bail application has been filed under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 on behalf of accused-petitioner in connection with FIR No.22/2025 registered at Police Station Basdayal, District Kotputli-Behror for the offences under Section 3/25 and 25(6)

Arms Act.

2. Heard.

3. Considered the submissions made by counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Public Prosecutor and also perused the material made available on record.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the accused- petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. He further submits that no firearm without license is said to have recovered from conscious possession of the accused-petitioner. He also submits that the accused-petitioner is in custody since

01.12.2025.

5. Learned Public Prosecutor vehemently opposed the bail application and submits that the firearm without license has been recovered from a vehicle which was under control of the accused- petitioner though, it was registered in the name of brother of the accused-petitioner. Learned Public Prosecutor also submits that against the accused-petitioner as many as 24 other criminal cases is pending which shows that he is in habit of misusing the liberty of bail.

6. Learned counsel for the petitioner has also made a submission that the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in one of the case has allowed the benefit of bail to the accused-petitioner.

7. As per contents of the FIR, the Police has received some information that a person in a car (Scorpio) standing at Mandli River Bridge is having illegal firearms and when the Police reached at the spot, the person sitting in the car ran away. During search of the vehicle, certain illegal arms were recovered. When the person sitting in the car was running from the place of incident, one of the Police person was identified him as the present accused-petitioner.

8. Taking into consideration overall facts and circumstances of the case and so also the fact that there is as many as 24 other criminal cases are pending against the accused-petitioner and maximum are of serious and grave nature which show that the accused-petitioner is in habit of committing offence again and again after being extended liberty of bail. Hence, this Court is not inclined to enlarged the accused-petitioner on bail.

9. Accordingly, the present bail application is dismissed.

(GANESH RAM MEENA),J Ashish Kumar /61