Pragnesh Pravinbhai Thummar VS State of Gujarat

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DIVYESH A. JOSHI
Pragnesh Pravinbhai Thummar – Appellant
Versus
State of Gujarat – Respondent

Advocates:
Counsel for the Parties:
For the Applicant: Mr. Kishan H. Daiya (6929)
For the Respondent: Mr. Soham Joshi, APP

JUDGMENT (CAV)

Rule returnable forthwith. Learned APP waives service of notice of rule for and on behalf of the respondent-State.

2. The present successive application is filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for regular bail in connection with the FIR being C.R. No.11210015200082 of 2020 registered with the D.C.B. Police Station, Surat of the offence punishable under Sections 8(C), 22(C) and 29 of the NDPS Act.

3. The brief facts leading to the filing of the present application are that police official of the D.C.B. Police Station received a tip-off that the accused, namely, Salman @ Aman Mohammed Hanif Zaveri, a resident of Surat is transporting the Narcotic Substance in his car and would be passing from Kuvada Tea point to Surat City for selling the said Narcotic substance and upon that information, the necessary procedure had been carried out, and raid was conducted and one accused, namely, Salman was caught by the police along with the contraband substance Mephedrone worth 1011.82 grams, and after following due procedure in accordance with law, the FIR came to be filed.

4. Mr. Kishan Daiya, learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that t