https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=406809 Regular bail under the NDPS Act was declined where the prosecution alleged recovery of a commercial quantity of cocaine and the trial had nearly concluded, with only one witness left. The High Court noted objections about search safeguards, statement recording and sampling, but held that those factual disputes could not be assessed in a piecemeal manner at the bail stage. As the prosecution evidence was still being completed and the matter was at the fag end of trial, the petitioner was not entitled to release on the grounds urged and was left to pursue those defences in the pending trial. en-us Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 23 Apr 2021 21:04:47 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=406809 Regular bail under the NDPS Act was declined where the prosecution alleged recovery of a commercial quantity of cocaine and the trial had nearly concluded, with only one witness left. The High Court noted objections about search safeguards, statement recording and sampling, but held that those factual disputes could not be assessed in a piecemeal manner at the bail stage. As the prosecution evidence was still being completed and the matter was at the fag end of trial, the petitioner was not entitled to release on the grounds urged and was left to pursue those defences in the pending trial. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=406809