A request for bail was denied based on the risk of misuse of liberty by the petitioner, supported by prior criminal cases.

ORDER

The petitioner, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on

15.12.2025 for the alleged offences under Sections 8(c) and 20(b)(ii)(C) of the NDPS Act, in Crime No.195 of 2025 on the file of the respondent police, seeks bail.

2. It is the case of the prosecution that the petitioner was found in possession of 10 kilograms of ganja chocolates. Hence, the case.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is innocent and that the contraband seized is of commercial quantity. He would further submit that the petitioner has been in custody since 15.12.2025 and therefore prayed for the grant of bail to the petitioner.

4. The learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side) appearing for the respondent, while opposing the grant of bail to the petitioner, submitted that there are ten previous cases against the petitioner. It was further submitted that if the petitioner is enlarged on bail, there is every possibility of the petitioner misusing the liberty granted by this Court.

5. I have given anxious consideration to the submissions made by the learned counsel on either side.

6. Though the petitioner has been in judicial custody since 15.12.2025, as rightly contended by the learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side), there is every possibility of the petitioner misusing the liberty granted by this Court if enlarged on bail. Therefore, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage.

7. Accordingly, the Criminal Original Petition is dismissed.