The Court rejected the petitioners bail prayer in an NDPS case involving recovery of 480 grams of Charas, directing the trial court to expedite the trial.
Prayer for grant of bail rejected; trial to be expedited.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2382 of 2022
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-333 Year-2020 Thana- BOCHAHAN District- Muzaffarpur
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MD. TAUKIR S/o Md. Suleman R/o village- Devgan, P.S.- Bochahan, District- Muzaffarpur
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pushpendra Kumar Singh, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Md. Matloob Rab, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER
3 20-07-2022
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State.
The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence under Sections 20 and 22 of the NDPS Act.
Recovery is of 480 gms. of Charas.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner, who is of clean antecedent, is innocent and has not committed any offence. He further submits that according to the F.I.R., 480 gms. of Charas is said to have been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. He further submits that in fact, nothing incriminating has been
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recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner and he has no concern with the alleged recovery. He further submits that the alleged recovered quantity is less than the commercial quantity. He also submits that the petitioner is not involved in illegal dealing of Charas or any other narcotic substance. He further submits that the petitioner, who is of no fault, is rotting in judicial custody since 08.12.2020.
Learned A.P.P. for the State has, vehemently, opposed the prayer for bail of this petitioner and submits that 480 gms. of Charas has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. He also submits that though the recovered quantity does not come within the purview of commercial quantity but it is more than the small quantity, therefore, the petitioner seems to be engaged in dealing with the contraband substance like charas.
Result of examination of Forensic Science Laboratory is as under;
“The blackish brown coloured resinous substance as described above was found to contain “CHARAS”. Charas is the crude resinous matter collected from leaf and flowering tops of cannabis plant whose chief psychoactive ingredient is Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).”
In view of the facts and circumstances of the case,
this Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail at
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this stage. Accordingly, the prayer for grant of bail to the
petitioner is rejected.
However, learned trial court is directed to expedite
the trial.
(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J)
brajesh/-
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether to grant bail to the petitioner charged with offences under Sections 20 and 22 of the NDPS Act.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
MD. TAUKIR
THE STATE OF BIHAR
RAJESH KUMAR VERMA
As recorded by the court registry
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