In a criminal petition for bail regarding illegal possession of 644 kgs of ganja, the single judge court declined to grant bail due to the commercial quantity involved in the offense.
Bail petition dismissed; custody maintained.
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THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO
CRIMINAL PETITION No.1178 OF 2016
ORDER:
This criminal petition under Sections 437 and 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the petitioners/A.1 to A.3 seeking bail in crime No.1 of 2016 on the file of the Pedabayalu Police Station, Visakhapatnam District, registered for the offences under Section 20(b) (i) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act). Heard and perused.
The allegation against the petitioner/A.1 to A.3 is that the petitioners were found in illegal possession of 644 kgs of ganja.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have not committed any offence and they have been falsely implicated in the case. He prays this Court to grant bail to the petitioners.
Considering the fact that the quantity of ganja, which was found in possession of petitioners/A.1 to A.3 is commercial quantity, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners/A.1 to A.3.
The criminal petition is accordingly dismissed.
09.02.2016 pln
_____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO
1 issue framed by the court
Whether bail should be granted to petitioners accused of illegal possession of a commercial quantity of ganja.
3 provisions across 2 enactments
A.1 to A.3
State
Raja Elango
As recorded by the court registry
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