Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 15: Principal Sessions Judge Reasi Kamlesh Pandit today rejected bail application of one Mohd Younis, son of Abdul Rashid of Reasi, who was nabbed with 42 kilograms of poppy straw.
After hearing Advocate PD Singh for the applicant whereas Public Prosecutor R B Bandral for the prosecution, the Judge observed, “the urgency highlighted in the bail application is not worth consideration as the same is not exceptional one and was also substantially pleaded by the accused in his earlier bail application as well which was rejected by this court on 10.02.020”.
“The urgency of feeding his family members and harvesting of crops that too without any substantial proof cannot be considered as a balancing factor for breaking the lockdown guidelines which is operative in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir along with other parts of India to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic”, the court said, adding “moreover the offences allegedly committed by the accused person are very heinous as the illicit traffic and trade in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances is taken as potential threat to the society at large”.
“The drug traffickers like accused person are spreading the addiction of narcotic and psychotropic substances among the youth section of the society making them slaves of the same and who when become addicts not only spoil their lives but also ruin the lives of their family members”, the court further said while rejecting the bail application.
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