Sanjana @ Sathish v. State rep. by
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail petition under Section 483 BNSS; NDPS Act Sections 8(c) r/w 20(b)(ii)(C); seizure of 21 kgs of Ganja; Crime No.184 of 2025; K-2 Ayanavaram Police Station, Chennai; Section 50 compliance memo refused; documents prepared by police in custody versus FIR recording voluntary participation; entitlement to bail on satisfying Section 37 of NDPS Act; 11 previous cases; bond Rs.15,000 with two sureties; condition of daily reporting at 10.30 a.m. for two weeks; P.K.Shaji vs. State of Kerala (2005)13 SCC 283; fresh FIR under Section 269 BNS on absconding; V Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore; Central Prison for Women, Puzhal; Madras High Court; Justice K. Rajasekar.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner ordered to be released on bail on executing a bond for Rs.15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum to the satisfaction of the learned V Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore, subject to conditions: (a) sureties to affix photographs and Left Thumb Impression in Judicial Form No.46 annexed to 'The Criminal Rules of Practice, 2019' with identity proof; (b) petitioner to report before the respondent police daily at 10.30 a.m. for two weeks and thereafter as and when required for interrogation; (c) on breach of conditions the learned Magistrate/Trial Court may pass appropriate orders as laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in P.K.Shaji vs. State of Kerala (2005)13 SCC 283; (d) if the accused absconds, a fresh FIR can be registered under Section 269 of B.N.S.