Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 22: Additional Sessions Judge Kathua Jatinder Singh Jamwal has rejected the bail application of one Iftikhar Ahmad Dass, son of Assadullaha Dass of Bijbhera, who was arrested with narcotics by Police Station Kathua.
After hearing APP Vikrant Sharma for the prosecution and on perusal of the contents of the application made by Iftikhar Ahmad Dass, the court observed, “the accused is involved in a case pertaining to ‘commercial quantity’ of narcotics and therefore the rigour of Section 37 of the NDPS Act is fully attracted in the present case particularly when the investigation of the case is in progress”.
“The the case of the applicant is not covered by the Order dated 01/04/2020 issued by the State Legal Services Authority which has allowed concession of interim-bail to those under-trial prisoners who have only one criminal case pending against them and that too for offences which are punishable with sentence of less than seven years of imprisonment”, the court said, adding “the order itself excludes the cases involving ‘intermediate ‘or ‘commercial’ quantity of narcotics”.
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