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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
NEELA GOKHALE
Surjit Singh Baktavar Singh Heer – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
NEELA GOKHALE, J.
1. By this Application, the Applicant seeks his enlargement on bail in connection with Case F. No. DRI/MZU/C/INT-107/2024 dated 9th January, 2024 registered with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit (‘DRI’), for the offences punishable under Sections 8 (c), 21(c), 28, 29, 30 read with Sections 35 and 54 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (‘NDPS’).
2. There are in all four accused persons involved in the present crime.
3. The facts of the case, as discerned from the FIR, are that, acting on an intelligence received by the officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit, a team comprising of intelligence officers was constituted. They intercepted a brown-coloured truck coming towards Chintamanvadi Nakabandi Chowki of Kasara Police Station, Nashik-Mumbai Road (National Highway No. 44). After following the due process prescribed under the NDPS Act, the driver of the truck and the person sitting next to him as well as the truck itself were searched. A bag containing contraband, 14 gms. of Ganja and 9.389 kgs. of Opium, were found in a bag, which was concealed behind the driver’s seat. The qu
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