JUDGEMENT
SURESHWAR THAKUR,J. -
(1.) The instant petition has been filed by the bail/applicant/accused, under, Section 439 Cr. P.C.,
wherethrough he seeks indulgence, of his being ordered to be
released from judicial custody, whereat, he stands extantly
lodged, for, his allegedly committing offences, constituted
under Section 20, 21, 22 61-85 of the ND&PS Act, under FIR
No. 252 of 2018, dated 13.10.2018, registered with Police
Station, Nalagarh, District Solan, H.P.
(2.) The instant petition, warrants, an, adjudication being meted, vis-a-vis, (a) the aggregate or the total, of, the
Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?
banned psychotropic substance, rather comprising the
apposite parameter, for, making a further determination,
qua, thereupon, the purported recovery(ies), thereof from,
the alleged conscious and exclusive possession of the
petitioner, being amenable, for, being categorized, as, (a)
commercial quantity or more than commercial quantity
thereof, (b) AND the aggregate or the gross weight, of, the
entire contents, as, carried in the recovered psychotropic
substance, likewise constituting the reckonable
parameter, for making the apt determination, qua
effectuation, of recovery(ies) thereof, from, the exclusive,
and, conscious possession, of, the accused, being, hence
construable to be (i) small quantity or (ii) more than small
quantity or (ii)commercial quantity thereof.
(3.) In FIR No. 252 of 2018, of, 13.10.2018 registered against accused/petitioner herein, the FSL
concerned, (i) qua the 15 bottles, whereamongst, (a) qua 5
bottles containing wincirex chlorpheniramine codeine
phosphate syrup, (b) qua 2 bottles containing
chlorphemizamine maleate codeine phosphate, ( c) and,
qua eight bottles without wrapper, has opined that (d) the
quantity of codeine phosphate in the afore 15 bottles, being
1785.250 gms (e) however 29.740 grams of charas (f) and 0.270 mg of Heroin, allegedly recovered, from, the exclusive and conscious possession of accused hence
renders them to fall, within, the category, of less than
commercial quantity thereof, and, thereupon, the rigor(s) of
statutory provisions of Section 37 of the NDPS Act, are not
applicable qua them.;