The Jharkhand High Court rejected the bail plea of accused Shatrohan Kumar alias Shatrodhan Kumar in a ganja-smuggling case.[1] The court ordered the state government to produce the remaining witnesses on 20 November 2026 or on an earlier short date fixed by the lower court.[1] It said the petitioner may seek bail again in February 2027 if the witnesses are still not produced.[1]
The 26-year-old Shatrohan Kumar lived in Patratu in Ramgarh district.[1] He has been in judicial custody since 23 May 2025.[1] The case was registered as Patratu police station case number 131/2025 under sections 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 and 29 of the NDPS Act.[1] It is pending before the Additional Sessions Judge-I in Ramgarh.[1]
Special public prosecutor Vishwanath Rai opposed bail and said two people had been arrested together.[1] He said 11.801 kg of ganja was recovered from one accused and 13.908 kg from the other, a total of 25.709 kg.[1] The chargesheet names seven witnesses.[1] Witnesses were produced on 25 February and 6 June 2026 but could not be examined for want of time, with the next date fixed for 20 November 2026.[1] The petitioner’s counsel said bail had already been rejected on 10 September 2025 and 12 March 2026, and only three witnesses have been examined so far.[1] The court said the plea had twice been rejected on merits, witnesses had been brought but not examined, and the case involved ganja recovery, so bail could not be granted.[1]
