Supreme Court of India

State of Kerala Etc. v. Rajesh Etc.

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Reported as [2020] 3 S.C.R. 348
Bench Indu Malhotra and Ajay Rastogi JJ.
Decided 24 January 2020

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeals are allowed and the impugned order passed by the High Court releasing the respondents on bail is hereby set aside.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – s.37 & ss.2(viia), (xxiiia), 20(b)(ii)(c), 29 – Scheme o f s.37 – In Crime No.14/2018, accused persons (A1 to A3) were found i n joint possession of 10.202 kgs of hashish oil and currency not es worth Rs. 13,50,000/- – Allegation against the accused re spondent-A5 was that he entrusted hashish oil to A1 through -2 for sale in international market – Additional Sessions Judge re jected A5’s application for post-arrest bail – Granted by High Court – Further, in Crime No.19/2018, case of prosecution is that accused respondent- A1 (who is A5

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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