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2011 (7) TMI 910 - SC - Indian LawsAnticipatory bail - interrogation of the respondent - Search and seizure - On July 20, 2006, the officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (for short “DRI”) Hyderabad, raided the premises of M/s. Hy-Gro Chemicals Pharmatek Private Ltd. and found a shortage of 250 kgs of Dextropropoxyphene Hydrochloride (DPP HCL) - At the special leave petition stage, the Court had made the direction that interrogation of the respondent can be carried out in accordance with the direction of the High Court - the respondent applied for and got anticipatory bail on the premise that he was not an accused in the case. There was no change in his position or status since the grant of bail till he was summoned to appear before the DRI officers - Held that: the distinction sought to be drawn by Mr. Tulsi is illusory and non-existent. The decision in Poolpandi was in cases under the Customs Act, 1962 and the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 - Held that: how a case registered under NDPS Act can be said to be a “regular criminal” case and the cases under the Customs Act and the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, not as criminal cases - The arrestee may be permitted to meet his lawyer during interrogation, though not throughout the interrogation.
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