CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 35645 of 2024 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:54046 Court No. - 47 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 35645 of 2024 Applicant :- Pankaj Shukla Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Ram Bahadur Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Siddharth,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A for the State and perused the material placed on record. The instant bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant, Pankaj Shukla, with a prayer to release him on bail in Case Crime No. 45 of 2024, under Sections- 8,20,29,60 of N.D.P.S. Act, Police Station- Mirzamurad, District- Varanasi, pendency of trial. There is allegation of recovery of 2 quintal 44 kg and 880 gm of ganja from the possession of applicant. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case due to ulterior motive, on the basis of false and planted recovery of 2 quintal 44 kg and 880 gm of ganja and there is no public witness of the alleged recovery. Sample was drawn on the spot but not before the Magistrate. He next submitted that the mandatory provisions contained in Sections 41, 50, 52, 53 and 57(2) of the NDPS Act were not