Sunil Kumar vs State Of Rajasthan (2026:Rj-Jd:13706) on 24 March, 2026

Author: Yogendra Kumar Purohit

Bench: Yogendra Kumar Purohit

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        HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT
                         JODHPUR
      S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous II Bail Application No. 5339/2025

 Sunil Kumar S/o Ridmal Ram, Aged About 32 Years, R/o SS
 Nagar Road, Jiyanion Ki Dhani, Dabar, Moolraj Nagar, P.s
 Logawat, District Phlodi, Rajasthan.
 (Presently Lodged In Disrict Jail Phalodi)
                                                                       ----Petitioner
                                         Versus
 State Of Rajasthan, Through Public Prosecutor
                                                                     ----Respondent


For Petitioner(s)             :       Mr. R.K. Bishnoi
For Respondent(s)             :       Mr. Narendra Gehlot, PP



       HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE YOGENDRA KUMAR PUROHIT

                                         Order

Arguments Concluded on 18/03/2026
Order Reserved on 18/03/2026
Full order Pronounced
Date of Pronouncement 24/03/2026

01-           izkFkhZ@vfHk;qDr dh vksj ls tekur dk ;g f}rh; vkosnu i= vUrxZr
/kkjk 439 n.M izfØ;k lafgrk ¼483 Hkkjrh; ukxfjd lqj{kk lafgrk½] iqfyl Fkkuk
yksgkoV] ftyk QykSnh esa ntZ izFke lwpuk fjiksVZ la[;k 69@2024] vijk/k
vUrxZr /kkjk 8@15] 29 ,u-Mh-ih-,l- ,DV ds ekeys esa tekur ij fjgk fd, tkus
dh izkFkZuk ds lkFk izLrqr gqvk gSA
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fd;kA

03-           izkFkhZ@vfHk;qDr ds fo}ku vf/koDrk dh vksj ls ;g rdZ izLrqr fd;k gS
fd bl ekeys esa izkFkhZ@vfHk;qDr dh vksj ls izLrqr izFke tekur dk izkFkZuk i=
vuqla/kku vf/kdkjh ds c;ku gks tkus ds i'pkr iqu% tekur vkosnu i= is'k djus
dh Lora=rk ds lkFk fnukad 11-12-2024 dks tfj;s uksV izsl [kkfjt fd;k x;k FkkA
vc bl ekeys esa vuqla/kku vf/kdkjh ds c;ku crkSj xokg ih-MCY;w-01 jkes'oj n;ky
gks pqds gSaA izkFkhZ@vfHk;qDr dks fnukad 09-05-2024 dks fxjQ~rkj dj U;k;ky; esa
is'k fd;k x;k Fkk] rc ls og yxkrkj U;kf;d vfHkj{kk esa py jgk gSA izdj.k ds
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tekur ij fjgk fd, tkus dk fuosnu fd;kA

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lg&vfHk;qDr 'kdqj [kka ftlls fd cjkenxh gqbZ gSa] ds e/; OgkV~l,i okWbl dkWy ls
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i=koyh ij gSA vr% bl ekeys esa /kkjk 37 dh viokfnr ifjfLFkfr;ka fo|eku ugha
gksuk crkrs gq, tekur dk izkFkZuk&i= [kkfjt fd, tkus dk fuosnu fd;kA

05-          eSaus mi;qZDr rdkZsa ij euu fd;k rFkk i=koyh dk lko/kkuhiwoZd
voyksdu fd;kA loZizFke fof/kd fLFkfr ij bl ekeys esa fopkj fd;k tk jgk gSA
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             "37. Offences to be cognizable and nonbailable.--
             (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the
             Code of      Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974),
             --

                   (a)    ------
                   (b)       no person accused of an offence
             punishable for [offences under Section 19 or

Section 24 or Section 27A and also for offences involving commercial quantity] shall be released on bail or on his own bond unless--

(i) the Public Prosecutor has been given an opportunity to oppose the application for such release, and

(ii) where the Public Prosecutor opposes the application, the court is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that he is not guilty of such offence and that he is not likely to commit any offence while on bail."

06- ekuuh; mPpre U;k;ky; ds U;kf;d n`"Vkarksa Hkkjr la?k cuke jkeleq> o vU; 1999 ¼9½ ,l-lh-lh- 429] Union of India Vs Rattan Mallik @ Habul 2009(1) Drugs Cases (Narcotics) 10: ¿ 2009 ¼2½ ,l-lh-lh- 624À] Hkkjr la?k cuke fu;ktqnhu] ,l- ds- ,oa vU; 2018¼1½ Drugs Cases (Narcotics) 283: ¿ 2018 ¼13½ ,l-lh-lh- 738À o State of Kerala Vs Rajesh 2020(1) Drugs Cases (Narcotics) 106 % ¿ ¼2020½ 12 ,l-lh-lh- 122À esa /kkjk 37 ,u-Mh-

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07- ekuuh; mPpre U;k;ky; ds rhu ekuuh; U;k;kf/kifrx.k dh ihB ds fu.kZ; Narcotics Control Bureau Versus Mohit Aggarwal, AIR 2022 S.C. 3444 ds ekeys esa ekuuh; mPpre U;k;ky; ds iwoZ ds rhu ekuuh; U;k;kf/kifrx.k

dh ihB ds fu.kZ; Collector of Customs, New Delhi v. Ahmadalieva Nodir (2004) 3 SCC 549 o ekuuh; mPpre U;k;ky; ds v/khuLFk U;k;ky; ds vkns'k

esa of.kZr State of Kerala Vs Rajesh (2020)12 SCC 122 ij fopkj djrs gq, iSjk la[;k 11] 14] 15 o 18 esa fuEukuqlkj mfYyf[kr fd;k x;k gS%&

11. It is evident from a plain reading of the non- obstante clause inserted in sub-section (1) and the conditions imposed in sub-section (2) of Section 37 that there are certain restrictions placed on the power of the Court when granting bail to a person accused of having committed an offence under the NDPS Act. Not only are the limitations imposed under Section 439 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 to be kept in mind, the restrictions placed under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 37 are also to be factored in. The conditions imposed in subsection (1) of Section 37 is that (i) the Public Prosecutor ought to be given an opportunity to oppose the application moved by an accused person for release and (ii) if such an application is opposed, then the Court must be satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the person accused is not guilty of such an offence. Additionally, the Court must be satisfied that the accused person is unlikely to commit any offence while on bail.

14. To sum up, the expression "reasonable grounds"

used in clause (b) of Sub-Section (1) of Section 37 would mean credible, plausible and grounds for the Court to believe that the accused person is not guilty of the alleged offence. For arriving at any such conclusion, such facts and circumstances must exist in a case that can persuade the Court to believe that the accused person would not have committed such an offence. Dove-tailed with the aforesaid satisfaction is an additional consideration that the accused person is unlikely to commit any offence while on bail.

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15. We may clarify that at the stage of examining an application for bail in the context of the Section 37 of the Act, the Court is not required to record a finding that the accused person is not guilty. The Court is also not expected to weigh the evidence for arriving at a finding as to whether the accused has committed an offence under the NDPS Act or not.

The entire exercise that the Court is expected to undertake at this stage is for the limited purpose of releasing him on bail. Thus, the focus is on the availability of reasonable grounds for believing that the accused is not guilty of the offences that he has been charged with and he is unlikely to commit an offence under the Act while on bail.

18. In our opinion the narrow parameters of bail available under Section 37 of the Act, have not been satisfied in the facts of the instant case. At this stage, it is not safe to conclude that the respondent has successfully demonstrated that there are reasonable grounds to believe that he is not guilty of the offence alleged against him, for him to have been admitted to bail. The length of the period of his custody or the fact that the charge-sheet has been filed and the trial has commenced are by themselves not considerations that can be treated as persuasive grounds for granting relief to the respondent under Section 37 of the NDPS Act.

08- bl U;k;ky; }kjk fof/kd izko/kku o U;kf;d n`"Vkarksa ij fopkj djrs gq, Tarun @ Sushil Vs. State of Rajasthan, S.B. Criminal Misc. II Bail Application No. 10858/2024 esa ikfjr vkns'k fnukad 06-12-2025 ds iSjk la[;k

13 esa fuEukuqlkj fof/kd fLFkfr Li"V dh xbZ gS %&

**iwoZ esa mfYyf[kr ekuuh; mPpre U;k;ky; ds U;kf;d n`"Vkarksa ds ifjizs{; esa /kkjk 37 ¼1½¼ch½ ds rgr ;ksX; yksd vfHk;kstd }kjk tekur dk fojks/k djus dh lwjr esa tekur ds izkFkZuk&i= ij fopkj djrs gq, U;k;ky; vkjksih O;fDr dks rHkh tekur ns ldrk gS tc og larq"V gks fd ;g fo'okl djus ds fy, mfpr vk/kkj gSa fd og bl rjg ds vijk/k dk nks"kh ugha gS vkSj tekur ij jgrs gq,] mlds }kjk dksbZ vijk/k djus dh laHkkouk ugha gSA ;s nksuksa 'krsZa iwjh ugha gksus ij tekur ij fjgk ugha fd;k tk ldrkA bl vk/kkj ij fd vfHk;qDr ds fo:) pkyku is'k gks pqdk gS ;k vfHk;qDr dkQh le; ls U;kf;d vfHkj{kk esa py jgk gS] vfHk;qDr dks tekur dk ykHk izkIr djus dk vf/kdkjh ugha gSA ijarq ekuuh; mPpre U;k;ky; ds lrsUnz dqekj vafry okys ekeys ds vk/kkj ij /kkjk 436, lhvkj-ih-lh- ds izko/kku izdj.k esa ykxw gksus dh voLFkk esa tekur ij fjgk fd;s tkus ij fopkj fd;k

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tk ldrk gSA /kkjk 37 ,u-Mh-ih-,l- ,DV esa gh ;g vafdr fd;k x;k gS fd /kkjk 19] ;k /kkjk 24 ;k /kkjk 27, ds lacaf/kr vijk/k o ,sls ekeys] ftlesa okf.kfT;d ek=k ds vkfVZdy cjken gq, gSa] mu ekeyksa esa /kkjk 37 ¼1½ ¼ch½ ,u-Mh- ih-,l- ,DV ds izko/kku ykxw gksaxsA** 09- iwoZ esa of.kZr fof/kd fLFkfr dks en~nsutj j[krs gq, gLrxr ekeys ij fopkj fd;k x;kA gLrxr ekeys esa izkFkhZ@vfHk;qDr dh vksj ls /kkjk 436, lhvkj-ih-lh- ds eqrkfcd tekur dh izkFkZuk ugha dh xbZ gSA nkSjkus cgl fo}ku vf/koDrk izkFkhZ@vfHk;qDr dh vksj ls eq[; :i ls ;g vk/kkj fy;k x;k gS fd izkFkhZ@vfHk;qDr fnukad 09-05-2024 ls U;kf;d vfHkj{kk esa py jgk gS] vfHk;qDr dks bl ekeys esa >wBk Qalk;k x;k gSA /kkjk 37 ,uMhih,l ,DV dh viokfnr ifjfLFkfr;ka fo|eku gSA bl vk/kkj ij tekur ij fjgk fd, tkus dk fuosnu fd;k rFkk yach vof/k ls U;kf;d vfHkj{kk esa gksus ls o vHkh rd fopkj.k lekIr ugha gks tkus ds vk/kkj ij Hkh tekur ij fjgk fd, tkus dh izkFkZuk dh xbZ gSA 10- bl ekeys esa lg&vfHk;qDr 'kdqj [kka ls 210 fdyksxzke MksMk iksLr dh cjkenxh gksuk crk;k x;k gS] tks okf.kfT;d ek=k dh cjkenxh gksuk Li"V gS] ftlds fy, /kkjk 37 ,uMhih,l ,DV dh viokfnr ifjfLFkfr;ka izFke n`"V~;k gksus ij gh tekur ij fjgk fd;k tk ldrk gSA 11- gLrxr ekeys esa izLrqr pktZ fjiksVZ esa gh ;g Li"V fd;k x;k gS fd vkjksih 'kdqj [kka rFkk lqfuy ds chp yxkrkj OgkV~l,i okWbl dkWy ij ckrphr gqbZ gS vkSj fxjQ~rkj'kqnk 'kdqj [kka ds eksckbZy uacj lhMhvkj fo'ys"k.k esa ;g vafdr gS fd cjken voS/k MksMk iksLr lIyk;j lquhy iq= fjMey flag ds eksckbZy uacj ij fnukad 12-07-2023 ls ysdj fnukad 12-03-2024 rd yxkrkj ckrphr gqbZ gS vkSj vkjksih 'kdqj [kka us fnukad 11-03-2024 dh jkf= dks 11 cts ds djhc cjkenk MksMk iksLr lquhy dqekj }kjk fidvi xkM+h ls lIykbZ djuk crk;k gSA vkjksih lquhy dqekj ds eksckbZy uacj 8852969229 dh yksds'ku fnukad 11-03-2024 dks jkf= 10%27 ls 11%32 ds chp Jherh Qkrh iRuh dkyw [kka] [kljk uacj 130] rglhy QykSnh] ftyk tks/kiqj] 'kSrkuflag uxj vk jgh gS vkSj blh izdkj 'kdqj [kka ds eksckbZy uacj 9983930662 dh yksds'ku fnukad 11-03-2024 dh jkf= 10-08 ih,e ij Jherh Qkrh iRuh dkyw [kka] [kljk uacj 130] rglhy QykSnh] ftyk tks/kiqj] 'kSrkuflag uxj vk jgh gSA 12- bl ekeys esa U;k;ky; esa tks lk{; vuqla/kku vf/kdkjh }kjk crkSj xokg ih-MCY;w-01 jkes'oj n;ky }kjk nh xbZ gS] mlesa eq[; ijh{kk ds ist la[;k 3 esa ;g Li"V :i dgk x;k gS fd **nkSjkus vuqla/kku eqyfte 'kdqj [kka us crk;k dh mDr voS/k MksMk iksLr esjs ?kj ij lqfuy iq= fjMeyjke Mkydj x;k FkkA mDr ckr (Uploaded on 24/03/2026 at 10:55:43 AM)

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