PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT: 'MISFORTUNE' THAT MOTHER OF YOUNG DAUGHTERS WAS DENIED BAIL FOR ALLEGEDLY POSSESSING HEROINE, DRUG MONEY WITHOUT PRIME FACIE EVIDENCE

The Punjab and Haryana High Court in the case Parveen @ Raman v. State of Punjab observed and has granted bail to a mother of three young daughters arrested in August for allegedly possessing merely 12 grams of heroine, and drug money of Rs.10,000 without any prima facie evidence.

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The High Court in the case observed that a mother of three daughters, aged 4, 2, &1, incarcerated in the First Information Report, FIR. The High Court observed that since August 04, 2024 for possessing 12 grams of heroin, just 4.8% of the maximum intermediate quantity, and Rs. 10,000/- termed as drug money by the Police, without any prima facie evidence to such an extent, and to her extreme misfortune, despite all this, denied bail by worthy Special Judge, has come up before the said court under section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, BNSS, seeking regular bail. As per the First Information Report, FIR on August 04, 2024 which is based on a chance recovery, the Police seized 12 grams of heroin from the possession of petitioner. Therefore, the police also recovered an amount