Order
20/05/2025
The present second bail application has been filed under
Section 483 B.N.S.S. (Old Section 439 Cr.P.C.) on behalf of the
petitioner who is in judicial custody in connection with FIR
No.79/2022 registered at Police Station Ladnun, District Merta for
the offences punishable under Section 8/15 of the NDPS Act.
The first bail application was dismissed as not pressed by
this Court vide order dated 05.01.2024 with liberty to file afresh
after recording the statement of Seizure Officer-cum-Investigating
Officer.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner
is behind the bars for more than three years and upto this time
only 7 prosecution witnesses have been examined out of total 12
witnesses and trial of the case is yet pending. In support of his
contentions, learned counsel placed reliance on the recent order
[2025:RJ-JD:24354] (2 of 5) [CRLMB-2631/2025]
dated 13.07.2023 passed by Hon’ble the Supreme Court in the
case of Rabi Prakash vs. The State of Odisha (Special Leave to
Appeal (Crl.) No.4169/2023), wherein Hon’ble the Supreme Court
held as under:-
