CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 23516 of 2024 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:55916 Court No. - 47 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 23516 of 2024 Applicant :- Vipin Kumar Mahto Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Though It Principal Secretary (Home) Counsel for Applicant :- Chandra Prakash Pandey,Rajendra Kumar Ratnakar,Vikash Krishna Murti Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Siddharth,J. Heard learned counsel for applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. This bail application has been preferred by the accused- applicant, Vipin Kumar Mahto, who is involved in Case Crime No. 68/2024, under Section 8/18 of N.D.P.S. Act, Police Station- Nawabganj, District-Farrukhabad. There is allegation of recovery of 4 kg of opium/afeem from the possession of applicant. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that by way of Notification dated 23 December, 2022, the Union Government has notified the enactment Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Seizure, Storage, Sampling and Disposal) Rules, 2022. Chapter II of the aforesaid rules provide for Sampling of the contraband substance. Rule 10 categorically provides that: 10. Drawing the samples. - (1) One sample, in duplicate, shall be drawn from