Rizwan Ultag v. State Rep By

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 11.11.2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.RAJASEKAR Rizwan Ultag ...... Petitioner/A3 Vs.

The State represented by The Inspector of Police, Sulur Police Station, Coimbatore District.

(Crime No.760 of 2024) ... Respondent PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused on bail in Crime No.760 of 2024 pending on the file of the respondent Police. For Petitioner :

M/s.T.Balaji For Respondent :

Mr.A.Gopinath Government Advocate (Crl.Side)

O R D E R

The petitioner, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 1/5

14.10.2024, for the offence punishable under Sections 8(c) read with Sections 20(b)(ii)(C), 29(1) of NDPS Act in Crime No.760 of 2024, registered on the file of the respondent, seeks bail.

2. The case of the prosecution is that the respondent police received information about the transportation of ganja, that the petitioner is likely to transport 22 kgs of ganja from Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu. On the basis of information received, the respondent police had illegally transported 22 kgs of ganja from Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu On information received, the respondent police at about 15.00 hrs, on 14.10.2024, intercepted the petitioner along with two other person who were waiting with plastic bag, after following the mandatory procedure, they conducted search and seized 22 kgs of ganja (commercial quantity) and thereafter respondent police arrested them and remanded to judicial custody. Hence, the case. 2/5

3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that, petitioner is an innocent person and he has been falsely implicated in this case and no recovery effected from the petitioner. Hence, he prays for grant of bail to the petitioner.

4. The learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side) reitereated the prosecution case and submitted that A1 and A2 went to Andhra Pradesh and brought 22 kgs of ganja and and petitioner joined with them at Railway Station and three persons transported the same in the Auto and came to the bus stand. At that time, police have beenintercepted and the contraband was recovered. He further submitted that the petitioner and other accused are known to each other and they hails from the same place and hence the petitioner was in conscious possession of the contraband. Hence, he vehemently opposed for grant of bail to the petitioner.

5. Considering the fact that the petitioner along with other accused 3/5

were found in possession of ganja which is commercial quantity and the petitioner failed to satisfy the twin conditions as contemplated under Section 37 of NDPS Act, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

6. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed. 11.11.2025 sma K.RAJASEKAR, J.

sma To 4/5

1.The Inspector of Police, Sulur Police Station, Coimbatore District.

2.The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras.

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