The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently granted bail to a mother of three young daughters who was arrested in August for allegedly possessing merely 12 grams of heroin and drug money of INR 10,000 without any prima facie evidence. As per the details of the case, the police had seized 12 grams of heroin from the petitioner's possession based on a chance recovery. Additionally, the police also recovered INR 10,000 from the woman's purse, which the police termed as drug money. Based on this declaration, the police inserted Section 27-A along with Section 21 of the NDPS Act. After examining the submissions, the high court noted that the rigour of Section 37 of the NDPS Act does not apply to the alleged recovery of the heroin. "A mother of three daughters, aged 4, 2, &1, incarcerated in the FIR..., since 4th August 2024 for possessing 12 grams of heroin, just 4.8% of the maximum intermediate quantity, and Rs. 10,000/- termed as drug money by the Police, without any primafacie evidence to such an extent, and to her extreme misfortune, despite all this, denied bail by worthy Special Judge, has come up before this Court under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, [BNSS], seeking regular bail," the high court observed. Kulhad Pizza Couple Threatened by Nihangs; Punjab and Haryana High Court Grants Police Protection to Sehaj Arora and Gurpreet Kaur.

HC Grants Bails to Woman Arrested Under NDPS Act

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