https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=786213 The SC considered whether regular bail was justified in prosecutions under the NDPS Act and the Customs Act involving alleged commercial quantity contraband. Despite the quantity threshold, the appellant had spent more than four years in custody, and a similarly placed co-accused on the same flight had already been granted bail. The Court treated prolonged pre-trial incarceration and parity with the co-accused as sufficient grounds for release at that stage. The order was confined to bail and left the merits of the prosecution open. Bail was granted and the refusal of bail was set aside. en-us Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:11:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=786213 The SC considered whether regular bail was justified in prosecutions under the NDPS Act and the Customs Act involving alleged commercial quantity contraband. Despite the quantity threshold, the appellant had spent more than four years in custody, and a similarly placed co-accused on the same flight had already been granted bail. The Court treated prolonged pre-trial incarceration and parity with the co-accused as sufficient grounds for release at that stage. The order was confined to bail and left the merits of the prosecution open. Bail was granted and the refusal of bail was set aside. Case-Laws Customs Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=786213