P&H: Grants Bail in NDPS Case of 12 of 12 bottles of codeine based cough syrup, only 1 prosecution witness having been examined despite more than 32 effective opportunities
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to a man booked under the NDPS Act, holding that prolonged pre-trial incarceration cannot be justified when the trial has made little progress. Justice Virinder Aggarwal said that the constitutional right to a speedy trial under Article 21 remains paramount, even in cases involving serious narcotics allegations.
The petitioner, Vipan Tara @ Mani, had sought bail in an FIR registered under Section 22 of the NDPS Act. The prosecution alleged that police recovered 12 vials of codeine-based cough syrup from a polythene packet thrown from a Maruti car during a...
