CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 42293 of 2024 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:11222 Court No. - 68 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 42293 of 2024 Applicant :- Chintamani Khatua Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Pushpa Joshi Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Ashutosh Srivastava,J. Heard Shri Shantanu, learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA Shri Mithlesh Kumar for the State-respondent and perused the records. The present bail application under Section 439 Cr.P.C. has been filed on behalf of applicant, Chintamani Khatua with a prayer to release him on bail in Case Crime No. 199 of 2024, under Section 8/20/29/60 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Police Station- Chopan , District- Sonbhadra, during the pendency of the trial before the Court below. It has been argued that 76 Kg 500 grms of Ganja is alleged to have been recovered from the joint possession of three persons sitting in a car. The applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this very case. He has no other criminal history apart from the present case. There is no compliance of Section 50/55/57/42 of the NDPS Act. The Circle Officer (City) has been shown as Gazetted Officer, but as per