Full Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK MENON TUESDAY, THE 30TH DAY OF MARCH 2021 / 9TH CHAITHRA, 1943 Bail Appl..No.2364 OF 2021 CRIME NO.26/2020 OF MALAPPURAM E.E & A.N.S.S. , MALAPPURAM PETITIONER/ACCUSED: NAVEEN M.J, AGED 33 YEARS, SON OF JACOB, MATHIRAPPILLI HOUSE, MUPPATHADAM P.O. ALUVA, PIN-683110 BY ADV. SRI.P.MARTIN JOSE RESPONDENTS: 1 STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM PIN-682031 2 EXCISE ENFORCEMENT AND ANTI NARCOTIC SPECIAL SQUAD, MALAPPURAM, PIN-676505 OTHER PRESENT: SRI.S.SREE KUMAR (SR)-PETR AND SMT.V.SREEJA-PP THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.03.2021, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..2662/2021, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK MENON TUESDAY, THE 30TH DAY OF MARCH 2021 / 9TH CHAITHRA, 1943 Bail Appl..No.2662 OF 2021 CRIME NO.26/2020 OF MALAPPURAM E.E & A.N.S.S. , MALAPPURAM PETITIONER/ACCUSED: HASAINAR.N, AGED 33 YEARS, NALAKATH, MATHUPULLY, CHAZHIYATTIRI P.O, THIRUMITTACODE-II, PALAKKAD DIST, PIN-679535
BY ADVS. SRI.P.SAMSUDIN SRI.M.ANUROOP RESPONDENT: STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM PIN-682031 OTHER PRESENT: SMT.V.SREEJA-PP THIS BAIL APPLICATION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30.03.2021, ALONG WITH Bail Appl..2364/2021, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:
COM M ON ORDER
Dat ed t hist he30t h dayofM arch,2021 APPLICATIONS FOR REGULAR BAIL The appl icanti n B. A.No. 2364 of2021 i sthe 7th accused,whi let icanti n B. A.No. 2662 of2021 i sthe 8th accused i n Cr ime No. 26 of2020 ofMal appur am Exci se Enf orcement& Ant iNar cot ic Speci alSquad,pr esent lyt he Exci se Cr ime Br anch hast aken overt he i ion and t he cr ime has been r e-number ed as Cr ime No. or havi ng al legedl y commi tted of fences puni shabl e under Sect ions20( b)( ii) (c)and Sect ion 29 oft he Nar cot ic Drugs and Psychot ropi c Subst ances Act , 1985 ( for shor tthe “NDPSAct ”).Thepr ioncase,i nbr ief ,ist his:
2. On 03. 10. 2020,t he Exci se par ty goti nformat ion
about t ting ofhuge quant ity ofdr ied ganj afr om Andhr aPr adesht oKer alaandaccor dingl y,t heyi nter cept ed api ck- up van bear ing Reg. No. KL/ 41G/ 749 atapl acecal led Wandoor ,and i n consequence oft hat ,accused Nos.1 t o3 wer e appr ehended f rom t he bank, whi le t hey wer e t ting167. 500Kgsofdr iedganj a.AccusedNo.4al so wasi ved i ntr anspor ting ganj afr om Andhr aPr adesh i n a l orr y bear ing Reg. No. KL 55 Y 4116 and he was appr ehended,whi lehewast tingganj atoget herwi th cementand had cr ossed t he bor derand handed over t he ar ticl est oA1t o3.I nit ial ly,onl y4accusedwer earr ayedas accused. Subsequenti ion r eveal ed t he ot her accused per sons wer e al so i ved i nthe pur chase and t tat ion of ganj a. Now, t her e ni ne per sons arr ayedasaccusedi nthi scr ime.AccusedNos.7and8ar e supposed t o be t he financi ers of t he deal . They had al legedl y gone t o Andhr a Pr adesh and had f aci li tat ed t he pur chase oft he ganj a. Ther e was al so bank t ions bet ween t he 1st accused and t hem and t he I ing Of ficerhasal so col lect ed cal ldet ailr epor tsoft hei rmobi le phonesand t het owerl ocat ions,whi ch woul dindi cat ethei r pr esence i n Andhr a Pr adesh f ort pose ofpur chasi ng ganj aandget tingi ttr anspor tedt hrought heaccusedNos.1 t o3.Thatapar t,t her ear eal sot heconf essi onst atement sof t heaccused,whower eal readyappr ehended. Al ltheseput t oget her ,the pr ion hasf ramed t he case agai nstt he sher ein.
3. The appl
s woul d cont end t hat t hey ar e i nnocentandt heal legat ionsar enott rue.Theyar einvol ved i n ot her busi nesses l ike t chase of buf fal oes f rom Andhr aPr adesh and Tami lNadu f ort hepur poseofsal ein Ker ala and i tisf ort hatpur pose t hey had t ed wi th accused Nos.1 t o 3,who ar eagent s. Even i fther eis anyfinanci alt ion bet ween t hese appl sand t he pr ime accused Nos.1 t o 3,i tis onl yfort chase of buf fal oes and t hey had al so gone t o Andhr a Pr adesh t o i dent ify pur chase of buf fal oes. And, t her e, t her eis not hing i ll egalaboutt hei vementoft heappl swi th t hepr imeaccused 1 t o3. Hence,t heypl ead t heymay be r eleased on bai l. The 7th accused was arr est ed on 11.
02. he 8th 2021 and t accused was arr est ed on 10. 02.
2021. I
tisst ated t heyar eco- oper ati ng wi tht he i ion. Theyhaveappear ed bef oret heI ing Of ficerand pr oduced al lrel evantand per tinentdocument s necessar yfort pose ofi ion. And,t her e, f urt heri ncar cer ati onoft heappl smaynotber equi red.
4. Hear
d t he l earned Seni or Counsel , Sr i.S.Sr eekumar ,appear ingf he7th accused,t ort hel earned counsel ,Sr i.Anur oop,appear ingf he8th accusedandt ort he l earned Publ ic Pr or,Smt .V. Sreej a,appear ing f ort he St ate.
5. The l
earned Publ ic Pr or submi tst he pr ion has been successf ul i n col lect ing ver y subst ant ial evi dence t oindi cat ethe compl ici ty of t hese sint hese cr imes ofdrug pedal li ng. I tis st ated t heembar goUnderSect ion 37 oft he NDPS Actwoul d cl ear ly appl yint he case oft s al so si nce t hey wer ethe per sons,who wer e behi nd t chase oft he l arge quant ity ofganj a. Ther e no gr ounds t o bel ieve t heyar e notgui lty .And,t her e,t icat ion f or bai lisvehement lyopposed.
6. Af
terhavi nghear dthesubmi ssi onsonbot hsi des, Ifind t he pr ion has been abl eto successf ull y col lect t he mat eri als i ndi cat ing t he compl ici ty of t he s. That i sthe appl s have gone t o Andhr a Pr adesh and had t ed moneywi th accused Nos.1 t o 3,f ort hepur poseofpur chasi ng buf fal oesorwasi tfort he pur pose ofpur chasi ng ganj a ar e al lmat ter sofevi dence t o bedeci dedbyt het rialcour tdur ingt rialont hebasi soft he evi dencet hati sadducedbyt hepr ion. For t he moment , I am convi nced about t he compl ici ty of t s and t her e suf fici ent mat eri als col lect ed by t he pr ion t o pr ove t he compl ici ty oft s and t her e no r easonabl e gr oundst o hol dthatt sar e notgui ltyand t hat t hey may notgeti ved i n of fences ofsi mil arnat urei f r eleased on bai l. The t win condi tions r equi red under Sect ion 37 oft he NDPS Acti s notcompl ied wi th by t he s. And, t her e, t he bai l appl icat ions ar e di smi ssed. Sd/ - ASHOK M ENON JUDGE NR/ 30/ 03/