https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175750 Section 37(1)(b) of the NDPS Act is described as a statutory embargo on bail, and the same restriction is stated to apply to anticipatory bail under Section 438 CrPC. The note says that where offences are punishable with imprisonment of five years or more, pre-arrest bail cannot be granted unless the court is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe the accused is not guilty and will not commit any offence while on bail. It further emphasises that custodial interrogation may be necessary in narcotics investigations and that investigation should not be reduced to a ritual. On the stated facts, those conditions were not met, so anticipatory bail was rejected. en-us Sat, 26 May 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 13:12:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175750 Section 37(1)(b) of the NDPS Act is described as a statutory embargo on bail, and the same restriction is stated to apply to anticipatory bail under Section 438 CrPC. The note says that where offences are punishable with imprisonment of five years or more, pre-arrest bail cannot be granted unless the court is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe the accused is not guilty and will not commit any offence while on bail. It further emphasises that custodial interrogation may be necessary in narcotics investigations and that investigation should not be reduced to a ritual. On the stated facts, those conditions were not met, so anticipatory bail was rejected. Case-Laws Customs Sat, 26 May 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175750