https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313577 Where the recovered contraband was an intermediate quantity and not commercial, the rigour of section 37 of the NDPS Act was held inapplicable, so bail had to be assessed under the ordinary principles of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The court stressed that pre-trial detention is not punitive, bail serves to secure attendance at trial, and judicial discretion must follow settled legal principles. As no punishment of death or life imprisonment arose and no reasonable ground existed to refuse liberty, the applicants were held entitled to bail. en-us Sat, 07 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 20:41:49 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313577 Where the recovered contraband was an intermediate quantity and not commercial, the rigour of section 37 of the NDPS Act was held inapplicable, so bail had to be assessed under the ordinary principles of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The court stressed that pre-trial detention is not punitive, bail serves to secure attendance at trial, and judicial discretion must follow settled legal principles. As no punishment of death or life imprisonment arose and no reasonable ground existed to refuse liberty, the applicants were held entitled to bail. Case-Laws Indian Laws Sat, 07 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313577