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MANISHA BATRA
Aaditya Sharma – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. factual basis for bail application (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. arguments for and against bail (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. court observations on facts (Para 5) |
| 4. conscious possession and contraband differentiation (Para 6 , 7 , 9) |
| 5. conclusions on evidence and bail refusal (Para 8) |
| 6. final order and implications of observations (Para 10 , 11) |
JUDGMENT :
Manisha Batra, J.
1. Prayer in this petition, filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C. is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in FIR No. 34 dated 15.02.2024, registered under Section 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) at Police Station Kharar, District SAS Nagar.
2. Brief facts of the case relevant for the disposal of the present petition are that on 15.02.2024, a secret information was received by a police party headed by SI Sukhwinder Singh to the effect that the petitioner, who was habitual in selling drugs, was coming in a car bearing registration number HP-23-D-7947 along with huge quantity of Hashish (Charas). Believing the information to be reliable, a barrier was laid at the informed place and on noticing the said car coming from the side of Govt. Polytechnic College, which was being dri
The recovery of a commercial quantity of contraband establishes grounds to deny bail under the NDPS Act, emphasizing conscious possession principles.
The presumption of conscious possession applies in drug cases, necessitating the petitioner to disprove involvement in the crime to grant bail under the NDPS Act.
The court emphasized that under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, bail can only be granted if there are reasonable grounds to believe the accused is not guilty and unlikely to commit further offences.
The court emphasized that in narcotics cases involving commercial quantities, a presumption of conscious possession applies to all occupants of a vehicle, requiring strict adherence to Section 37 of ....
NDPS Act –Grant of Bail - Search and seizer of contraband “Charas” – Contraband received not commercial quantity - Bar of Section 37 of NDPS Act is not applicable
Bail can be granted based on the period of custody, arguable points on merits, and satisfaction of the rigors of Section 37(1)(b) of the NDPS Act in similar cases.
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