P&H: Grants bail in NDPS case, says disclosure statement alone not enough without corroboration.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to Sarwan Singh in an NDPS case, holding that his continued custody was not necessary when he was named only in the disclosure statement of a co-accused and no other material linked him to the alleged offence.
Justice Jasjit Singh Bedi was hearing a petition under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking bail in an FIR registered under Sections 21, 21-C, 23 and 29 of the NDPS Act. The prosecution case was that Baljit Singh @ Kaka was apprehended with 3.504 kg of heroin and, on...
