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2021 (10) TMI 329 - HC - Indian LawsGrant of regular bail - Methamphetamine - petitioner is part of network who is engaged in supply/sale of Narcotics - Baggage Rules - Section 37 of the NDPS Act - HELD THAT:- Petitioner on 22.02.2018 was found in the possession of Methamphetamine and the same has been verified by conducting a chemical test of the sample of the seized material. The disclosure statement has lead to the arrest of two Nigerian accused in whose possession narcotics was found. It has also been discovered by the NCB that these two accused were living illegally in India on fake passports. Material on record discloses that the petitioner is a part of a network which deals in supply/sale of Narcotics. This is evident from the subsequent recoveries of Narcotics from foreign nationals. The clean & tidy track record of the Petitioner does not absolve her from being in possession of 600 Gms of Methamphetamine. An uneducated person may claim no knowledge of the substance found in his/her possession and may raise a defense of the substance being planted on them but being a highly educated person, there is greater presumption that carrying large quantities of narcotics is a crime and that it would entail consequences in law which could be harsh and irrevocable. The quantity recovered from the Petitioner is commercial quantity. For the said reasons, the Petitioners case doesn’t fall within the twin parameters of Section 37 of the NDPS Act - this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the Petitioner. Petition dismissed.
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