Rajasthan High Court – Jodhpur
Sunil Kumar vs State Of Rajasthan (2026:Rj-Jd:13706) on 24 March, 2026
Author: Yogendra Kumar Purohit
Bench: Yogendra Kumar Purohit
[2026:RJ-JD:13706]
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
02- cgl tekur vkosnu i= ij lquh rFkk miyC/k vfHkys[k dk voyksdu
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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fopkj.k esa le; yxus dh laHkkouk gSA vr% bl vk/kkj ij izkFkhZ@vfHk;qDr dks
tekur ij fjgk fd, tkus dk fuosnu fd;kA
04- fo}ku yksd vfHk;kstd }kjk bldk l[r fojks/k djrs gq, ;g rdZ
izLrqr fd;k x;k fd bl ekeys esa cjken'kqnk vkfVZdy lg&vfHk;qDr ls cjken
gqvk Fkk] tks dqy MksMk iksLr 210 fdyksxzke ds gSa vkSj izkFkhZ@vfHk;qDr vkSj
lg&vfHk;qDr 'kdqj [kka ftlls fd cjkenxh gqbZ gSa] ds e/; OgkV~l,i okWbl dkWy ls
yxkrkj ckrphr gksus o dkWy yksds'ku izkFkhZ@vfHk;qDr ds gksus ckcr~ i;kZIr lk{;
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
/kkjk 37 ¼1½¼ch½ ,u-Mh-ih-,l- ,DV esa fuEukuqlkj izko/kku fd;k x;k gS fd%&
"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-
ih-,l- ,DV dh O;k[;k dh xbZ gS vkSj ;g Li”V fd;k x;k gS fd /kkjk 37
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¼1½¼ch½¼ii½ esa tks viokn fn, x, gSa] mlds fy, fjtuscy xzkm.M gksuk vko’;d gSA
mlh voLFkk esa tekur ij fjgk fd;k tk ldrk gS vU;Fkk tekur ij fjgk ugha
fd;k tk ldrkA ;g ekeyk Hkh okf.kfT;d ek=k ls lacaf/kr gksuk v/khuLFk U;k;ky;
}kjk ekuk xk;k gS] tks mfpr gSA
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
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dh rkbZn eqyfte ‘kdqj [kka o eqyfte lqfuy iq= fjMeyjke dh vkil esa tfj;s
nwjHkk”k gqbZ okrkZ dh lhMhvkj izkIr dj ?kVuk ds fnu mDr nksuksa eqyfteku dh
vkil esa gqbZ okrkZyki o eqyfte lqfuy iq= fjMeyjke dh yksds’ku ds vk/kkj ij
eqyfte lqfuy iq= fjMeyjke dks fxjQ~rkj fd;k x;kA**
13- blh izdkj ist la[;k 4 esa ;g dgk x;k gS fd **nkSjkus vuqla/kku
vfHk;qDr ‘kdqj [kka ds eksckbZy uEcj 9983930662 ij cjken voS/k MksMk iksLr ds
lIyk;j lqfuy iq= fjMeyjke ds eksckbZy uEcj 9414462229 o eksckbZy uEcj
8852969229 ds yksds’ku o lhMhvkj izkIr dj mldh fo’ys”k.k fjiksVZ rS;kj dh] tks
izn’kZ ih&20 odZ 1 ls 13 gSa] ftlds izR;sd i`”B ij , ls ch esjs gLrk{kj gSaA**
14- fo}ku vf/koDrk vfHk;qDr }kjk dh xbZ ftjg esa ;g Li”V fd;k x;k
gS fd **;g dguk lgh gS fd eSaus lqfuy iq= fjMey jke ls nkSjkus vuqla/kku dksbZ
eksckbZy cjken ugha fd;k FkkA vt[kqn dgk dh eqyfte lqfuy iq= fjMeyjke ds
eksckbZy uEcj dh lhMhvkj izkIr dj mldh QnZ fo’ys”k.k fjiksVZ rS;kj dh Fkh tks
‘kkfey i=koyh gSaA ;g dguk lgh gS fd eksckbZy uEcj 9414462229 lqfuy iq=
fjMeyjke dh gks ,slk lacaf/kr daiuh ls dsQ vkbZ Mh izkIr ugha dh FkhA vt[kqn
dgk dh mDr eksckbZy uEcjksa dh fle fdlds uke tkjh gSa daiuh ls fjiksVZ izkIr dh
xbZ] ftlesa mDr fle lqfuy iq= fjMeyjke ds uke gksuk izkIr gqvk tks ‘kkfey
i=koyh gSA**
15- bl ekeys esa i=koyh ij QnZ fujh{k.k jsMeh dEiuh o fooks dEiuh dk
LØhu Vp eksckbZy oDr ?kVuk lg&vfHk;qDr ‘kdqj [kka ls tks feyk] mldh fo’ys”k.k
fjiksVZ layXu gS] ftlesa ;g vafdr fd;k x;k gS fd **mDr eksckbZy ds vUnj dksy
yksx esa eksckbZy uEcj 9414462229 ls fnukad 11-03-2024 dks le; 01-33 ih,e ls
jkf= 10-08 ls yxkrkj ckrphr rFkk feldksy vk;sa gq, gSaA mDr eksckbZy uEcj Hkh
vkjksih ‘kdwj [kka us lquhy iq= fjMeyjke tkfr fo’uksbZ fuoklh Mkcj yksgkoV ds
gksusa crk;k gS rFkk blh eksckbZy uEcj ls fnukad 11-03-2024 dks MksMkiksLr lIykbZ
djus ds fy, ckrphr djuk crk;k gSA blds vykok vkjksih ‘kdwj [kka us vius
eksckbZy uEcj 9983930662 ls lqfuy ds eksckbZy uEcj 9414462229 ij fnukad 11-
03-2024 dks lk/kkj.k dksy o eksckbZy uEcj 9571540662 ls vkjksih lquhy ds
eksckbZy uEcj 8852969229 ij okV~lvi dksy ij ckr dj voS/k MksMkiksLr lIykbZ
djus ds fy, ckrphr djuk crk;k gSaA mDr nksuksa eksckbZy esa ls dqN fLØu ‘kkWVZ
fy, tkdj ‘kkfey i=koyh fd, x,A ftl ij mDr nksuksa eksckbZy dks okLrs otg
lcwr tfj;s QnZ tCr dj ,d fyQkQk esa Mkydj ‘khYM eksgj dj ekdZ ,&1 vafdr
fd;k gSA**
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16- blh izdkj QnZ fo’ys”k.k lhMhvkj fxjQ~rkj’kqnk lqfuy dqekj dk
fo’ys”k.k Hkh layXu gSA bl ekeys esa bl LVst ij tks lk{; izFke n`”V~;k ekStwn gS]
mlls /kkjk 37 dh viokfnr ifjfLFkfr;ka fo|eku gksuk ugha ekuk tk ldrk gSA
17- tgka rd izkFkhZ@vfHk;qDr dks fnukad 09-05-2024 ls fxjQ~rkj gksus ls
fopkj.k ugha gksus dk iz’u gS] rks iwoZ esa of.kZr NCB Vs Mohit Aggarwal okys
U;kf;d n`”Vkar ds iSjk la[;k 18 esa of.kZrkuqlkj U;kf;d vfHkj{kk dh yEch vof/k ds
vk/kkj ij tekur dk ykHk ugha fn;k tk ldrk gSA
18- vr% iwoZ esa fd, x, foospukuqlkj /kkjk 37 ¼1½¼ch½ ,u-Mh-ih-,l- ,DV
dh viokfnr ifjfLFkfr;ka fo|eku ugha gksus ls vkSj dsoy ek= izkFkhZ@vfHk;qDr
fnukad 09-05-2024 ls yxkrkj U;kf;d vfHkj{kk esa gksuk vkSj fopkj.k iw.kZ ugha gksus
ds vk/kkj ij izkFkhZ@vfHk;qDr tekur dk ykHk izkIr djus dk vf/kdkjh ugha gSA vr%
izkFkhZ@vfHk;qDr dk tekur dk izkFkZuk&i= [kkfjt fd, tkus ;ksX; gSA
19- ifj.kker% izkFkhZ@vfHk;qDr dh vksj ls izLrqr f}rh; tekur vkosnu
i= vUrxZr /kkjk 439 naM izfØ;k lafgrk ¼483 Hkkjrh; ukxfjd lqj{kk lafgrk½
[kkfjt fd;k tkrk gSA
(YOGENDRA KUMAR PUROHIT),J
106-GauravG/-
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