18.07.2025
1. Mr. Sumant Sudan, Advocate appears and accepts notice vice Mr.
Vishal Sharma, learned DSGI for the respondent. He seeks and is
granted opportunity for filing objections by next date of hearing in the
main as well as in the interim application.
2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner in respect of his prayer for
grant of interim pre-arrest bail. Also heard the learned appearing
counsel for the respondent and considered their rival submissions.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner, during his arguments in respect of
the interim application, inter alia, submitted that after registration of
crime No. 7/2022 dated 24.02.2022 under Sections 8, 22 and 60 of
NDPS Act against one Mukhtar Ahmad Punchoo, from whom the
alleged contraband was recovered, the proprietor/authorised officer of
the petitioner-company was also questioned during investigation of the
case in 2022 and the complainant-NCB never till date accused the
petitioner-company of its involvement in the case, but now the
complainant-NCB is harassing the petitioner-company unnecessarily
at the trial stage of the complaint, which is pending before the Court of
learned Principal Sessions Judge, Samba only to wreck vengeance as
the petitioner-company had filed a complaint against the officials of
the complainant-Bureau. That the petitioner-company, which deals in
the marketing of one of the alleged contraband, Codeine based cough
syrup is not at all involved in the commission of the crime. That the
petitioner, who is son of the proprietor of the firm, commands a great
respect in the society and as such, his arrest is likely to injure his
reputation who will suffer from an irreparable loss in terms of the
same. That he shall abide by any conditions that may be imposed by
this Court.
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