Nizar and Another v. State of Kerala
Case brief
What is this about?
In this bail application under Section 439 CrPC for charges under the NDPS Act, the court distinguished between two accused. Bail was denied to the first accused due to serious criminal antecedents. For the second accused, where quantities were intermediate and no prior convictions existed, bail was granted after prescribing specific reporting and behavioural conditions.
What did the court decide?
Bail denied to the first petitioner; bail granted to the second petitioner on execution of a bond of `50,000 with two sureties and strict reporting conditions.