Prasad Rajput IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.192 6 OF 2025 Pravin Vishambhar Chaudhary@ Chunni .. Applicant Versus State of Maharashtra .. Respondent ....................

 Mr. Dilip Mishra i/by Ms. Zehra Charania, Advocate for Applicant.

 Ms. Shilpa K. Gajare-Dhumal, APP for State.

 PSI – Dipesh C. Kini, Anti Narcotics Cell, Thane Crime Branch, Thane City, present.

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CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J.

DATE : MAY 07, 2025 P. C . :

1. Heard Mr.Mishra, learned Advocate for Applicant and Ms.

Gajare-Dhumal, learned APP for State.

2. Applicant is indicted and arrested on 26.07.2024 alongwith alleged contraband i.e. Mephedrone weighing 70 grams.

3. Learned Advocate Mr. Mishra raises four distinct points of argument for seeking bail. He would submit that on apprehension and arrest of Applicant alongwith alleged contraband from 7 zip lock pouches the prosecution officer mixed the contents of the 7 pouches and has drawn two samples out of the same. He would submit that such mixing is impermissible and it is a clear violation of Rule 3 of the (Seizure, Storage, Sampling and Disposal) Rules, 2022. This issue is covere