Patna High Court rejected bail application in an NDPS case where petitioner was apprehended with 800 KG of Ganja. Directed trial court to conclude trial within two years.
Bail prayer rejected. Trial directed to be concluded within two years.
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Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4523 of 2018 (4) dt.20-03-2018
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4523 of 2018
Arising Out of PS.Case No. -11 Year- 2016 Thana -ECONOMIC OFFENCES, BIHAR DistrictPATNA
====================================================== 1. Sajal Das S/o Birendra Das, R/o House No. 8, Van Kumari, East Badar Ghat, P.S.- Aamtali, District- Bishalgarh (Tripura).
.... .... Petitioner/s
Versus 1. The State of Bihar Through The Economic offence Unit, Bihar, Patna. .... .... Opposite Party/s
====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Arvind Kumar Tewary For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. V.N.P Sinha(Eou)Unit
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR ORAL ORDER
4 20-03-2018
Petitioner, already in custody, seeks bail in Economic Offence PS Case No. 11 of 2016 (Special Case No. 65 of 2016) registered under Sections 8, 20(b)(ii)(c ), 25 and 29 of the NDPS Act.
The allegation in brief is that the petitioner was apprehended while carrying 800 KG of Ganja in the truck carrying it from Agartalla to Patna.
Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a driver and not owner of the vehicle and still FSL report has not been received.
Having considered the recovery of huge quantity of narcotics from the possession of the petitioner the prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected.
The trial court is directed to expedite the trial and preferably conclude the same within a period of two years.
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(Arun Kumar, J)
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the petitioner is entitled to bail in a narcotics case involving 800 KG of Ganja despite claims of being a driver and pending FSL report.
Whether the trial court is directed to expedite the trial.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Sajal Das
The State of Bihar
Arun Kumar
As recorded by the court registry
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