Jharkhand High Court
B.A./1754/2026 of DEEPAK SAW Vs THE STATE OF JHARKHAND on 11 September 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 1754 of 2026 ---- Deepak Saw, aged about 33 years, S/o Kameshwar Saw, R/o Village-Kheron, P.O. & P.S.-Barhi, Dist.-Hazaribagh …. …. Petitioner(s)/Applicant(s) Versus The State of Jharkhand …. …. Opposite
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
B.A. No. 1754 of 2026
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Deepak Saw, aged about 33 years, S/o Kameshwar Saw, R/o Village-Kheron, P.O. & P.S.-Barhi, Dist.-Hazaribagh
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Petitioner(s)/Applicant(s)
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The State of Jharkhand
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Opposite Party
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CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR
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For the Petitioner(s)/Applicant(s)
: Mr. A.K. Kashyap, Sr. Adv.
Mrs. Supriya Dayal, Adv.
Ms. Komal Narayan, Adv.
For the State
: Mr. B.N. Ojha, Spl.P.P.
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10/Dated: 11th September, 2026
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1. Heard learned senior counsel for the applicant and learned counsel for the State.
2. The applicant, who is in custody since 15.04.2025 has approached this Court for grant of regular bail in connection with N.D.P.S. Case No.42 of 2023, arising out of Saiko P.S. Case No. 19 of 2023, registered for the offence under Sections 15(c)/ 25 of the NDPS Act, pending in the court of learned Special Judge, NDPS, Khunti.
3. Earlier the prayer for bail of the applicant was dismissed as withdrawn by this Court vide order dated 25.09.2025 passed in B.A. No. 8445 of 2025.
4. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant(s) that complete set of FIR along with its enclosure have been annexed with this bail application and there is no suppression on his/her part.
5. Innocence has been claimed by the learned counsel for the applicant and undertaking has been given for participation in the trial. It has been submitted that 245.7 kgs doda has been recovered from a pickup van. It has further been submitted that this applicant has already sold the alleged vehicle and as such, he has no control over the vehicle and further, he has no criminal antecedent and he has remained in custody for about one and half years. On the above basis, prayer for bail has been made.
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6. Learned counsel for the State has opposed the prayer for bail stating that it is a commercial quantity and Section 37 of the NDPS Act gets attracted.
7. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and on perusal of the record, it appears that although the defence has been taken that the vehicle has already been sold out, but still, he is the registered owner and this defence is only available in the trial and not at this stage.
8. Considering the above facts, I am not inclined to grant bail to the applicant. Accordingly, the prayer for grant of bail to the applicant is, hereby, rejected.
(Rajesh Kumar, J.)
Dated 11th September, 2026 Pawan/Uploaded 14.09.2026