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SANJAY KAROL, AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH
State of Punjab – Appellant
Versus
Gurjit Singh @ Geetu – Respondent
Key Points: - The judgment holds that explicit recording of twin satisfaction under Section 37(1)(b)(ii) is a mandatory jurisdictional pre-condition for bail in commercial quantity NDPS cases when the Public Prosecutor opposes (!) . - Non-recording of the twin satisfaction renders the bail order unsustainable and requires interference by the Court (!) (!) . - The right to a speedy trial under Article 21 cannot displacement the statutory rigors of Section 37; it must harmonize with, not displace, the NDPS mandate (!) . - The High Court’s reliance on diluting Section 37 due to speedy trial was improper; the order was set aside for lack of proper Section 37 findings (!) (!) . - Complete candour and full disclosure in bail petitions are mandatory, including details beyond bare case numbers and prior bail outcomes (!) . - The respondent’s prior bail history, including an earlier dismissal, should have been disclosed and considered in light of Section 37 norms (!) (!) . - The appeal resulted in setting aside the High Court order; the respondent was required to surrender and could apply afresh for bail (!) (!) .
| Table of Content |
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| 1. commercial quantity heroin recovery and bail history (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 2. arguments on section 37 rigour versus speedy trial (Para 6 , 7) |
| 3. mandatory twin satisfaction under section 37 ndps (Para 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 4. complete candour required in bail disclosures (Para 11) |
| 5. circumspection in punjab ndps bail grants (Para 12) |
| 6. bail order set aside for statutory non-compliance (Para 13 , 14 , 15 , 16) |
ORDER :
AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J.
1. Leave granted.
2. The present appeal calls in question the judgment and order dated 18.02.2026 passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in CRM-M No. 72303 of 2025, by which the petition preferred by the respondent under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter, “the BNSS”), seeking regular bail in connection with FIR No. 06 of 2024 dated 10.01.2024 registered at Police Station Khalra, District Tarn Taran, for offences punishable under Sections 21(c) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter, “the NDPS Act”), came to be allowed.
3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on 10.01.2024, in the course of a naka operation near Village Veeram in Distri
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