MARAN Vs. STATE
LAWS(MAD)-2022-12-255
HIGH COURT OF MADRAS
Decided on December 01,2022

Maran Appellant
VERSUS
STATE Respondents


Referred Judgements :-

P.K.SHAJI VS. STATE OF KERALA [REFERRED TO]


JUDGEMENT

- (1.)The petitioner/A.10, who is facing a case for the offences punishable under Ss. 8(c) r/w 20(b)(ii)(c), 25 and 29(1) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, in C.C.No.16 of 2022 on the file of the learned Special Court for EC & NDPS Act Cases, Thanjavur, in Crime No.21 of 2021 on the file of the respondent police, seeks bail.
(2.)Admittedly, originally FIR came to be registered in Crime No.623 of 2021 on the file of the Nagapattinam Town Police Station, thereafter the case was transferred to NIB-CID Nagapattinam and FIR came to be registered in Crime No.21 of 2021 on the file of the NIB-CID Nagapattinam and that the respondent has already laid a final report and the case was taken on file in C.C.No.16 of 2022 and is pending on the file of the Special Court for EC and NDPS Act Cases, Thanjavur.
(3.)The case of the prosecution is that on 31/7/2021 at about 03.00 hours, on receipt of secret information, the respondent police went to Oosi Matha Temple located at Nagapattinam Beach Road and at 17.00 hours, the respondent police team had intercepted one Innova car bearing Registration No.PY-01-CF-2777 and eight persons were in that car, that after following the mandatory procedures, the respondent police team conducted a search in the said car and found that the accused persons were found in illegal possession of 2 gunny bags of Ganja (each contain 45 kg of Ganja) and they have arrested the accused persons, that on the basis of the confession statement given by the accused Mukesh, other accused were added and that thereafter on the basis of the confession statement of the petitioner, Arul Kumar was added as 15th accused.


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