The Chhattisgarh High Court upheld the confiscation of a motorcycle on which three men were travelling when 50.560 g of brown sugar was seized from one of them, because its owner, the grandfather of one convict, gave no evidence that it was used without his knowledge (paras 33, 37-39). In the connected appeals it maintained two convictions under Section 21(b) of the NDPS Act but cut the 10-year sentences to the period already undergone and the fines to Rs.10,000 (paras 30-32).
The Chhattisgarh High Court allowed a criminal revision by a child in conflict with law, alleged to have carried 5.280 kg of ganja for sale, and granted him bail under Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice Act (paras 2, 8-9). The social status report recorded a first conflict with law and good conduct, and nothing showed that release would bring him into association with known criminals or expose him to moral, physical or psychological danger (para 7).
The Chhattisgarh High Court allowed a registered owner's revision and ordered the interim release of her e-rickshaw, seized in an NDPS case after two accused were allegedly caught carrying 4000 ml of codeine phosphate and triprolidine syrup in it (paras 1-2, 7). Relying on the Supreme Court in Sunderbhai Ambalal Desai, it held that seized vehicles should not deteriorate at police stations and noted that confiscation can begin only after the trial (para 6).