CRL OP(MD). No.9660 of 2025 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Date : 20/02/2026 PRESENT The HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE S.SRIMATHY CRL OP(MD). No.9660 of 2025 Shibani, ... Petitioner/Accused Vs The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep By, The Inspector of Police, Pew Tuticorin Police Station, Tuticorin District. Cr.No.339/2024.. ... Respondent/Complainant For Petitioner : N.Vignesh, Advocate. For Respondent : Mr.T.Senthil Kumar, Additional Public Prosecutor PETITION FOR BAIL Under Sec.483 of BNSS PRAYER :- To enlarege the petitioner on bail in C.C.No.454/2024 on the file of the 1st Addl Dist Judge for NDPS Act Cases, Madurai in Cr.No. 339/2024 on the file of the respondent police. 1/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.9660 of 2025 ORDER : The Court made the following order :- The petitioner / Accused, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 21.06.2024 for the offences punishable under Sections 8(C), 22(c), 24 & 25 of Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, C.C.No.454/2024 on the file of the 1st Additional District Judge for NDPS Act Cases, Madurai, in Crime No.339 of 2024 on the file of the respondent police, seeks bail. 2. The case of the prosecution is that The petitioner and her husband were in illegal possession of 7.9 kilograms of methamphetamine. . Hence, the case. 3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would strenuously contend that the petitioner was arrested only from the house. As a matter of fact, she was taken along with the child and the child was handed over to her mother only in the station. The petitioner is innocent and she has to take care of the her child and therefore, would pray for bail. 2/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.9660 of 2025 4. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that this case involves seizure of 7.9 kilograms of methamphetamine, which was seized only from the petitioner and her husband, while they were travelling in a motorbike and the same is a commercial quantity of huge worth. 5. Considering the nature of the allegations, namely that the seizure involves a large quantity of 7.9 kilograms of methamphetamine and that the petitioner was arrested while in possession of the contraband, this is not a fit case for the grant of bail. 6. Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is dismissed. (S S Y J) 20.02.2026 TTA 3/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.9660 of 2025 TO 1.The Inspector of Police, Pew Tuticorin Police Station, Tuticorin District. 2. First Additional District Judge for NDPS Act Cases, Madurai, 3. The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. 4/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL OP(MD). No.9660 of 2025 S.SRIMATHY,J TTA ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No.9660 of 2025 Date : 20/02/2026 5/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis