Muneer v. The State Rep.By

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 18.09.2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE K.RAJASEKAR Crl.O.P.No.25703 of 2025 Muneer ... Petitioner Vs.

State represented by its PEW-PN Palayam (Periyanayakanpalayam Police Station) Coimbatore District.

... Respondent (Cr.No.265 of 2025) PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to enlarge the petitioner on bail pending in Cr.No.265 of 2025 on the file of the respondent. For Petitioner : Mr.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 03.08.2025 for the alleged offence under Section 8(c) and Section 20(b)(ii)(C) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 in 1/3

Cr.No.265 of 2025 pending on the file of the respondent police, seeks bail.

2. When the matter is taken up today for hearing, it is represented by the learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) submitted that pursuant to the order passed by the District Collector and District Magistrate, Coimbatore District, dated 17.09.2025, the petitioner herein has been detained as "Drug Offender" as contemplated under Section 2(e) of the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 and to that effect, he has produced the Detention Order dated 17.09.2025 in Cr.M.P.No:37/D.O/2025.

3. Recording the same, the Criminal Original Petition stands dismissed.

Vv 18.09.2025 To

1. The Judicial Magistrate, Mettupalayam.

2. The Inspector of Police, PEW Tiruvallur Police Station, Tiruvallur District.

3. The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras.

K.RAJASEKAR , J.

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