SupremeToday Landscape Ad
Back
Next
Judicial Analysis Court Copy Headnote Facts Arguments Court observation
Listen Audio Icon Pause Audio Icon
judgment-img

2026 Supreme(Online)(Raj) 14836

HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN (JODHPUR BENCH)
ASHOK KUMAR JAIN
SHRAWAN – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF RAJASTHAN – Respondent
CRLMB / 6264 / 2026



##PAGE1##

[2026:RJ-JD:23665]

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT

JODHPUR

S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 6264/2026

Shrawan S/o Babu Lal Dhaka, Aged About 26 Years, Resident Of

Khara, Police Station Karda, District Jalore At Present Lodged In

District Jail Pratapgarh

----Petitioner

Versus

State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp

----Respondent

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Arvind Kumar, brother of

petitioner, present in person

For Respondent(s) : Mr. Lalit Kishor Sen, PP

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR JAIN

Order

16/05/2026

1. The present bail application under Section 483 of BNSS is

filed by the applicant-accused seeking bail in respect of a

criminal case registered as FIR No.85/2026 dated

30.04.2026 registered at P.S. Parsola, District - Pratapgarh,

for the offence under Sections 8/15 of NDPS Act.

2. The representative of the applicant submits that the

applicant has been falsely implicated in the matter and the

investigation against him is complete and he is no more

required in investigation. He further submits that there are

no chance of fleeing of applicant accused from the

jurisdiction of this Hon’ble Court. He also submits that he

undertakes not to repeat offence and cooperate with

investigation/trial, which will take time.

(Uploaded on 16/05/2026 at 11:25:35 AM)

(Downloaded on 18/05/2026 at 08:04:47 PM)

##PAGE2##

[2026:RJ-JD:23665] (2 of 3) [CRLMB-6264/2026]

3. Mr. Arvind Kumar, put in appearance on behalf of accused-

petitioner Shrawan and he submitted that Shrawan is in

custody since his arrest on 30.04.2026. He also submitted

that recovered quantity is less than commercial quantity and

there is no criminal antecedent against Shrawan. He further

submitted that the police has not complied the provision of

NDPS Act before effecting search and seizure.

4. Learned Public Prosecutor has vehemently opposed the bail

application and submitted that the allegations are grave and

serious in nature.

5. Heard representative for the petitioner-accused and learned

Public Prosecutor. Perused the material placed on record by

both the parties.

6. On 30.04.2026, SHO, PS Parsola has intercepted a Swift Car

No. GJ 09 BB 1229, which was driven by Shrawan and

Suresh Kumar was sitting with him. On search of Car, police

has recovered 40.954 Kgs. of poppy husk from 3 gunny

bags. FIR No.85/2026 under Sections 8/15 of NDPS Act was

registered at P.S. Parsola. The recovered quantity is less

than commercial quantity and there is no criminal

antecedent against the petitioner. The trial Court has

dismissed the bail of the accused-petitioner Shrawan only on

the ground that the petitioner cannot be provided benefit of

bail within ten days of his custody.

7. Upon hearing the arguments and perusing the record, we

have found that the applicant-accused is no more required in

the investigation and he is in custody for quite some time.

The further proceedings will take its own time, therefore,

(Uploaded on 16/05/2026 at 11:25:35 AM)

(Downloaded on 18/05/2026 at 08:04:47 PM)

##PAGE3##

[2026:RJ-JD:23665] (3 of 3) [CRLMB-6264/2026]

looking to entirety of facts and circumstances of the case

and without expressing any opinion on merits of the case,

the Court deems it appropriate to grant bail to the applicant-

accused.

8. Thus, the instant bail application filed on behalf of applicant-

accused Shrawan S/o Babu Lal Dhaka, is hereby allowed

and the applicant-accused is ordered to be released on bail

upon furnishing a personal bond of ₹50,000/- with two

sureties of like amount to the satisfaction of the Trial Court

with the following conditions:-

(i) The applicant-accused shall not tamper with

evidence or influence the witness in any manner.

(ii) The applicant-accused shall not indulge in any

criminal activity and shall not repeat any criminal

offence punishable under the Law.

(iii) The applicant-accused shall attend the hearing of the

Trial Court on the date fixed by the Trial court or as and

when asked to appear before the Trial Court.

(ASHOK KUMAR JAIN),J

24-Anil/-

(Uploaded on 16/05/2026 at 11:25:35 AM)

(Downloaded on 18/05/2026 at 08:0

Click Here to Read the rest of this document
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
SupremeToday Portrait Ad
supreme today icon
logo-black

An indispensable Tool for Legal Professionals, Endorsed by Various High Court and Judicial Officers

Please visit our Training & Support
Center or Contact Us for assistance

qr

Scan Me!

India’s Legal research and Law Firm App, Download now!

For Daily Legal Updates, Join us on :

whatsapp-icon Back to top