P&H: Grants Bail In NDPS Case of 21 Kg 400 g ganja Marginally above non-commercial, Says Section 37 Rigour Diluted By Article 21 When Trial Is Delayed The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to a man arrested under the NDPS Act after noting that the trial had not progressed for over eight months of custody and that the seized ganja was only marginally above the threshold separating non‑commercial and commercial quantity.
P&H: Grants Bail In NDPS Case of 21 Kg 400 g ganja Marginally above non-commercial, Says Section 37 Rigour Diluted By Article 21 When Trial Is Delayed
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19 May 2026
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Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Sections 20(c), 37, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 483 — Bail — 21 Kg 400 g ganja is marginally above the threshold limit of non‑commercial quantity — Custody of 8 months and 16 days - Trial having stagnated after filing of challan and framing of charges and with none of the 17 prosecution witnesses examined. Court records that nothing tangible indicates likelihood of absconding or interference with
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