https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=403658 In prosecutions under the NDPS Act, Section 37 is not an absolute bar to bail; the Court must be satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe the accused is not guilty and is unlikely to commit an offence while on bail. Applying that test, the Court noted the applicant's valid manufacturing licence, the retraction of the Section 67 statement as having been made under duress, and the unsettled position on the evidentiary use of such statements. On the material then available, the Court found that conviction was not inevitable and that the applicant was not likely to abscond or misuse liberty, so regular bail was granted. en-us Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 06:27:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=403658 In prosecutions under the NDPS Act, Section 37 is not an absolute bar to bail; the Court must be satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe the accused is not guilty and is unlikely to commit an offence while on bail. Applying that test, the Court noted the applicant's valid manufacturing licence, the retraction of the Section 67 statement as having been made under duress, and the unsettled position on the evidentiary use of such statements. On the material then available, the Court found that conviction was not inevitable and that the applicant was not likely to abscond or misuse liberty, so regular bail was granted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=403658