Underworld Organised Activities & Clandestine Smuggling Of Drugs Resulting In Addiction Among Adolescents, Students: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has observed that the underworld-organized activities and clandestine smuggling of drugs are resulting in addiction among the public particularly adolescents and students.

Discussing the effects of drugs on society, Justice Subramonium Prasad observed thus:

"It has been observed that organised activities of the underworld and the clandestine smuggling of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and illegal trafficking in such drugs and substances is resulting in drug addiction among a sizeable section of the public, particularly the adolescents and students of both sexes and the menace has assumed serious and alarming proportions in the recent years which has a deadly impact on the society as a whole."

The Court was dealing with a case wherein a man was seeking bail in an NDPS case wherein 270 grams of smack was recovered and an FIR under sec. 21, 25, and 29 of the NDPS Act was registered.

In further investigation, it was revealed that there was involvement in the sale and purchase of smack between some persons including the petitioner.

The petitioner's anticipatory bail plea was rejected in November this year after which he had approached the High Court seeking bail.

The Court was of the view that the allegation against the petitioner was that he was the person who supplied drugs to the peddlers for distribution to consumers and that the quantity involved in the matter was 270 Gms. of smack which was a commercial quantity.

"Grant or denial of bail for offences under the NDPS Act, when commercial quantity is recovered, is covered by Section 37 of the NDPS Act. Since the investigation is at a nascent stage it cannot be said, at this juncture, that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the petitioner is not guilty of the offence," the Court said.

Accordingly, the Court dismissed the bail plea.

Title: RAM BHAROSE v. State

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