Not a ‘ready dish on a platter’: Court denies bail to 2 drug peddlers  
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Not a ‘ready dish on a platter’: Court denies bail to 2 drug peddlers  

Post by RK News on Sunday, January 8, 2023

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Rajouri, Jan 07: A court here denied bail to two accused persons booked under NDPS Act saying it should not be taken as a “ready dish on a platter”. It also said that a deterrent punishment is required for the perpetrators of such crimes to eradicate the menace from society.
The Court of Ld. Additional Sessions Judge Rajouri, Mehmood Choudhary, after hearing Mushtaq Chawan Advocate for the accused and Vijay Sudan, Additional Public Prosecutor, Rajouri, rejected the bail application of the accused Tasveer Hussain Shah, son of Zulf Shah, resident of Dhangari, and Tanveer Shah, son of Ashaq Shah, resident of Draj, Tehsil Koteranka District Rajouri in case FIR No. 632/2022 under section 8/20/29/27-A/NDPS Act of P/S Rajouri.
The FIR reveals that on December 9, 2022, at 5:30 pm, the accused were held with 689.99 grams of charas. While dismissing the bail application of the accused persons, the court observed that the quantity of charas recovered from the accused persons clearly shows that they are involved in the illegal narcotic trade.
The investigation of the case is in progress and the police have yet to unearth the source from where the accused have taken the consignment. The court further observed that the bail should not be taken as a ready dish on a platter from the court by the perpetrators of such crime and a bold and deterrent message is worth requiring to be given by the court in furtherance of endeavor for eradicating this menace from society.
The quantity of charas recovered from the accused persons falls in the intermediate quantity for which the punishment is more than 10 years and a fine of Rs one lakh, and keeping in view the gravity of offences, its impact on society and the stage of the investigation, the court rejected the bail application.
 
 

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