Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 3: Principal Sessions Judge Kathua Pawan Dev Kotwal has rejected the bail application of Mohd Saleem, son of Gh Nabi of Mattan, who was arrested with popply straw.
After hearing Public Prosecutor Nidhi Suman for the State whereas Advocate Manjeet Singh for the accused, the court observed, “the applicant/accused is facing trial for the offence under Sections 8/15 NDPS Act as he was held along with 41.500 kilograms of poppy straw”, adding “only one witness has been examined so far”.
“The quantity of poppy straw allegedly recovered from the possession of the accused is though not commercial to attract embargo contained in Section 37 of NDPS Act but at the same time, is a huge quantity, just less than the limit to reach commercial one”, the court said, adding “moreover, many material witnesses are yet to be examined”.
With these observations, court rejected the bail application.
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