Swaroop Jeetendra Sawant v. State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
NDPS bail allowed; Section 50 NDPS Act non-compliance; right to be searched before Magistrate/Gazetted Officer not communicated in search notice; commercial quantity LSD papers and Ganja; C.A. Report confirmation; Vartak Nagar Police Station, Thane City; Crime No. 949 of 2024; chargesheet filed; no criminal antecedents; P.R. bond Rs. 30,000 with like sureties; Bombay High Court; R. M. Joshi, J.; 5 May 2026; observations prima facie and confined to bail application.
What did the court decide?
Applicant to be released on bail on furnishing a P.R. Bond of Rs. 30,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Trial Court; Applicant to attend all dates of hearing before the Trial Court except when exempted by a specific order of the Trial Court; observations made are prima facie and confined to this Application, and the learned Trial Judge to decide the case on its own merits uninfluenced by them.