Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court; Crl.O.P.No.2533 of 2026; Mathesh v. The State (Inspector of Police, PEW Redhills Unit, Chennai); Crime No.83 of 2025; bail refused; third/successive bail petition; no change in circumstances; earlier bail petitions dismissed for commercial quantity contraband and previous cases; 20.200 kgs ganja; DPS Act Sections 8(c), 20(b)(ii)(c), 29(1); Section 483 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; arrest and judicial remand 20.05.2025; Justice K. Rajasekar; order dated 04.02.2026; petition dismissed; petitioner unrepresented (no appearance); respondent counsel A. Gopinath, Government Advocate (Crl.Side).
What did the court decide?
Bail declined: this is the petitioner's third bail petition; his earlier bail petitions were dismissed on the ground that the contraband seized was of commercial quantity and that the petitioner has previous cases; as the present petition is filed without any change in circumstances, this Court is not inclined to grant bail.