Rajasthan High Court – Jodhpur
Narayansingh Solanki vs State Of Rajasthan (2025:Rj-Jd:32721) on 24 July, 2025
[2025:RJ-JD:32721] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 8467/2025 Narayansingh Solanki S/o Shri Bharatsingh @ Bhaaratsingh, Aged About 45 Years, R/o Village Ranayara, Police Station Taal, District Ratlam MP (Petitioner Presently Lodged In Central Jail Udaipur) ----Petitioner Versus State Of Rajasthan, Through Public Prosecutor ----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Firoz Khan For Respondent(s) : Mr. Hanuman Prajapati, Public Prosecutor HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MUKESH RAJPUROHIT
Order
24/07/2025
This application for bail under Section 483 of BNSS (439 of
Cr.P.C.) has been filed by the petitioner who has been arrested in
connection with F.I.R. No.114/2024, registered at Police Station
Sadar Barmer, District – Barmer, for the offences under Sections
8/15, 17, 18 & 29 of the NDPS Act.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Public
Prosecutor. Perused the material available on record.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner
has been falsely implicated in the present case. Learned counsel
further submits that as per the NDPS Act, the commercial quantity
of narcotic contraband – Opium and Doda Post is 2.500 kg and 50
kg respectively, however, the allegedly recovered narcotic
contraband – Opium milk weighing 1.890 kg and opium weighing
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270 gm and Doda Post weighing 1 kg, from the house of co-
accused Pankaj @ Pankiya @ Om Prakash are below the
commercial quantity. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits
that as per the prosecution story the said narcotic contraband was
supplied to co-accused Pankaj @ Pankiya @ Om Prakash by the
co-accused Deepak and Kanhaiya Lal. The co-accused Deepak
and Kanhaya Lal disclosed in their statement that the said narcotic
contraband was supplied to them by the co-accused Jeevan Singh.
The present petitioner Narayansingh was connected in this case on
the basis of the statement of Jeevan Singh that the present
petitioner has supplied the narcotic contraband to him.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the co-
accused Jeevan Singh, Deepak, Kanhaiya and Pankaj @ Pankiya @
Om Prakash have already been enlarged on bail by a Coordinate
Benches of this Court vide orders dated 26.06.2024, 30.07.2024
and 20.08.2024, passed in S.B. Criminal Misc. Bail Application
No.7832/2024, 7465/2024 & 10656/2024 respectively.
Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the
petitioner is in judicial custody since 06.06.2025 and the trial of
the case will take significant time, therefore, the benefit of bail
may be granted to the accused-petitioner.
Per contra, learned Public Prosecutor has opposed the bail
application and submitted that although, the recovered
contraband is below commercial quantity but the petitioner is
having two previous criminal antecedent of NDPS Act.
Having considered the rival submissions, facts and
circumstances of the case and perused the record; considering the
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fact that the narcotic contraband recovered in this case is below
commercial quantity and the petitioner is in judicial custody since
06.06.2025, without expressing any opinion on merits/demerits of
the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail.
Consequently, the bail application under Section 483 of BNSS
(439 Cr.P.C.) is allowed. It is ordered that the accused-petitioner
Narayansingh Solanki S/o Shri Bharatsingh @
Bhaaratsingh, arrested in connection with F.I.R. No.114/2024,
registered at Police Station Sadar Barmer, District – Barmer, shall
be released on bail, if not wanted in any other case, provided he
furnishes a personal bond of Rs.1,00,000/- and two sureties of
Rs.50,000/- each, to the satisfaction of learned trial court, for his
appearance before that court on each & every date of hearing and
whenever called upon to do so till completion of the trial.
(MUKESH RAJPUROHIT),J
123-Ramesh/-
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