Sagar Kailas Bhosale v. State of Maharashtra
Bail granted – NDPS Act – Sections 8(c), 21(b), 22(c) and 29 – commercial quantity of Mephedrone (MD)
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Bombay High Court, Criminal Bail Applications Nos. 4427 and 1714 of 2024, decided 28.02.2025 by N. R. Borkar, J. — bail allowed to Sagar Kailas Bhosale and Radha Dalaram Sutar in Crime No. 276 of 2023, Mundhwa Police Station, Pune, under Sections 8(c), 21(b), 22(c) and 29 NDPS Act. Commercial quantity of Mephedrone (MD) seized 14.08.2023. Grounds: prima facie non-compliance of Section 42 NDPS Act — Seizure Panchanama showed nothing to show search was taken by an officer superior in rank to a Constable; applicants in jail for more than one year; no criminal antecedents. State's contention on Section 37 NDPS Act bar (commercial quantity) noted but bail granted on conditions: P.R. Bond Rs.25,000/- each with one or two sureties in the like amount; applicants not to enter Pune District limits except to attend trial Court dates; trial Court to decide on its own merits. No precedent cited; common order disposing of both applications.