In Rajadurai vs. The State of Tamil Nadu (2026), Supreme Court's Division Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan passed a 4-page long order dated May 5, 2026, wherein, upon hearing the SLP of the petitioner who was denied regular bail by Madras High Court in connection with the First Information Report for the offence punishable under Sections 8(c) 20(b) (ii) (c) and 29(1) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, concluded:"....we are persuaded to exercise our discretion in favour of the petitioner. 5. We order that the petitioner be released on bail forthwith, if not required in any other case, subject to the terms and conditions that the Trial Court may deem fit to impose."
The contraband involved in the case was 22.950 kgs of ganja. The counsel for the petitioner submitted that her client was in judicial custody past more than one year.
The Court was informed that although charge was framed by the Trial Court yet till this date not a single witness has been examined. The FIR was registered with Kottampati Police Station, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
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