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order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS
BA1 No. 523 of 2025
Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J.
1. Mr. Bilal Ahmed, learned counsel for the applicant.
2. Mr. Pankaj Joshi, learned A.G.A. for the State.
3. The present applicant ‘Furkan’ S/o Jamshed is praying for regular bail in relation to First Information Report dated 17.03.2025, P.S. Bhagwanpur, District Haridwar bearing FIR No. 0077 of 2025, wherein, the present applicant has been implicated for the offence punishable under Section 8/20 of NDPS Act.
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Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the alleged contraband of charas which is shown to be recovered from the present applicant is below a commercial quantity i.e. 10 gms.
5. Apart from this, learned counsel submits that there is no proper compliance of Sections 42, 43, 50 and 52 of the NDPS Act and the applicant is languishing in jail since 17.03.2025 and have no previous criminal history.
6. Per contra, learned State counsel submits that the applicant have a criminal history of one case which pertains to Excise Act and so far as the present case is concerned he has not disputed this fact that the alleged contraband which was shown to be recovered from the present applicant is below a commercial quantity.
7. After hearing the argument of learned counsel for the parties and further taking into
consideration that the alleged contraband which was shown to be recovered from the present applicant is below a commercial quantity and the previous history of the applicant is pertains to a one case in which he has been implicated under the Excise Act, this court is of the view that the applicant deserves for bail.
8. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on merit of the case the bail application is allowed.
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9. Let the applicant ‘Furkan’ be released on bail on furnishing his personal bond and two sureties each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned.
10. It is made clear that after being released on bail the present applicant shall report his presence to the nearest police station and the concerned S.H.O. shall endorse his presence.
(Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 02.04.2025 PR
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