Judgment Intelligence
Bail Granted- Court
- Rajasthan High Court
- Date of Decision
- 3 October 2012
- Bench
- Justice Nisha Gupta
- Relevant Acts & Sections
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Sections 167(2), 173
Bail application allowed: the petitioner is to be released on bail on a personal bond of Rs 1,00,000 with two sound and solvent sureties of Rs 50,000 each, to the trial court's satisfaction, to appear on every date of hearing and whenever called upon until the trial ends (para 7).
Source Rajasthan High Court, hcraj.nic.in — order dated 03.10.2012
Key holdings
- Recovery from another person apprehended with the accused cannot be clubbed with the accused's own recovery (paras 4-5).
- The 1.500 kg of opium recovered from the petitioner was treated as non-commercial quantity (para 4).
- For a non-commercial recovery the charge-sheet limit is 60 days, not the 180 days the trial court applied (paras 2, 5).
- Bail was granted under Section 167(2) CrPC, with the non-commercial recovery as an added reason (para 6).
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Brief Facts
Court's Findings
Legal Principle
NyayVidhan's view · Practice note
Why It Matters
Short as it is, this order shows how the quantity question sets the default-bail clock. The trial court counted 180 days because it treated the recovery as commercial quantity; the High Court looked at the 1.500 kg of opium found in the petitioner's own possession, held that the recovery from another person apprehended with him could not be clubbed, and applied the 60-day limit under Section 167(2) CrPC (paras 2, 4-6). Where two accused are caught together, check first what was recovered from each one. See also Akhlak @ Vilsan, where quantities recovered separately from co-accused were not added together, and Virendra Singh, where separate recoveries could not be clubbed to deny default bail.
Editorial comment by the NyayVidhan Editorial Desk. It is not part of the Court's judgment and is not legal advice.
Precedents Relied Upon
- Akhlak @ Vilasan v. State of Rajasthan 2010(2) Cr.L.R. 1542
The order records reliance on it for the holding that where recovery has been made from separate possession, it cannot be treated as joint for determining the quantity of recovered contraband (para 4); the Court acts on it in granting bail (para 6). The order does not say who placed reliance on it.
- Smt. Anita Devi v. State of Rajasthan S.B.Cr.Misc. Bail Application No. 1221/2010, decided on 1.3.2011
A Co-ordinate Bench took the same view and held that where the recovery from a particular person is non-commercial, the upper limit for filing the report under Section 173 CrPC is 60 days under Section 167(2) CrPC, and the recovery from another person cannot be clubbed with that person's (para 5); the Court acts on it in granting bail (para 6). The case number is as printed.
