RANCHI, India, Oct. 27 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Sept. 26:
1. Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Balumath P.S. Case No.128 of 2022, for offence registered under section 18(b) of NDPS Act, pending in court of learned Special Judge, NDPS, Latehar.
3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement and allegations are made that 2.15 kg liquid opium was recovered from one of the motorcycle. He also submits that the quantity of the liquid opium is intermediary in light of NDPS Act and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 2.
4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement.
5. Considering that quantity of the liquid opium is intermediary in light of NDPS Act and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 2, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner.
6. Accordingly, petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Special Judge, NDPS, Latehar, in connection with Balumath P.S. Case No.128 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.
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