The Court dismissed a bail petition for possession of 50 kg and 30 kg of ganja classified as commercial quantity. The bench held that the severity of commercial quantity precluded bail at that stage.
Bail application dismissed; petitioners denied bail.
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HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO
CRIMINAL PETITION No.7794 of 2016
ORDER:
This petition is filed by the petitioners/A-1 & A-3 under Sections 437 & 439 of Criminal Procedure Code seeking to grant bail in Crime No.104 of 2016, on the file of Godavarikhani I Town Police Station, Karimnagar District, for the offence punishable under Section 20(b) of NDPS Act.
Heard and perused the material available on record.
A perusal of the record discloses that the ganja seized from the possession of the petitioners/A-1 & A-3 is 50 kgs. and 30 kgs., which is commercial quantity. Hence, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners at this stage. The Criminal Petition is dismissed, accordingly.
____________________ RAJA ELANGO, J
Date: 14th June, 2016
KL
1 issue framed by the court
Whether bail should be granted to accused persons charged with possession of ganja classified as commercial quantity under Section 20(b) of NDPS Act.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
A-1 & A-3
State of Telangana
Raja Elango
As recorded by the court registry
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