CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 45424 of 2024 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:18314 Court No. - 68 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 45424 of 2024 Applicant :- Sitendra Yadav Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Mukesh Kumar Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Ashutosh Srivastava,J. 1. Heard Shri Mukesh Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Arimardan Yadav, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record of the case. 2. The present bail application under Section 439 Cr.P.C. has been filed on behalf of applicant, Sitendra Yadav, with a prayer to release him on bail in Case Crime No. 696 of 2024, under Section 8/21 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Police Station- Chaubepur, District- Varanasi. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant has contended that 16.800 gm. of Heroin is alleged to have been recovered from the possession of the applicant, which is less than the commercial quantity. In fact no such recovery was effected from the applicant. It is further submitted that since such recovery is not supported by independent witness, possibility of his false implication in the crime cannot be ruled out. It is next contended that in the present ca