In a criminal miscellaneous matter under the NDPS Act, the Court rejected the petitioner's bail application due to the commercial quantity of drugs recovered from him. The trial was directed to be expedited within nine months.
Bail prayer rejected; direction to trial court to conclude trial within nine months.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37505 of 2018
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-3 Year-2018 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- West Champaran
====================================================== Suresh Das, Son of Sri Sitaram Das, resident of Village- Balua, P.S.- Serwa, P.O.- Mahadeopatti, Anchal- Narayani, District- Parsa (Nepal).
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Umesh Chandra Verma, Advocate For the Opposite Party No. 2 : Mr. Anjani Kr. Sharan, Asst. S.G. For the State : Mr. Anuj Kumar Srivastava, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA MISHRA ORAL ORDER
6 27-08-2018
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
counsel for the State.
The petitioner is in custody since 15.01.2018 in connection with Narcotics Control Bureau Case No. 03 of 2018 for the offence registered under Sections 8/20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
In view of the fact that recovery was made from the possession of the petitioner and is of commercial quantity, the prayer of bail of the petitioner is rejected with the direction to the trial court to expedite the trial and conclude the same within a period of nine months.
(Anjana Mishra, J)
khushbu/- U T
1 issue framed by the court
Whether bail should be granted to the petitioner given the commercial quantity of narcotics recovered from his possession.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Suresh Das
The State of Bihar
Union of India
Anjana Mishra
As recorded by the court registry
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