CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 33389 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 33389 of 2025 Roopchand .....Applicant(s) Versus Narcotics Control Bureau Through Its Intelligence Officer, Lucknow .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Abdul Majid Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Ashish Pandey Court No. - 68 HON'BLE ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA, J. Counter affidavit filed today by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the NCB is taken on record. Heard Sri Abdul Majid, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Vipul Pandey, holding brief of Si Ashish Pandey, learned counsel appearing for the Opposite Party and perused the record of the case. The present bail application has been filed on behalf of applicant with a prayer to release him on bail in Case Crime No. 15 of 2025, under Sections 8/18/27A, 29/60C of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Police Station N.C.B., District Lucknow. Learned counsel for the applicant has contended that 1.6 Kg of Opium is alleged to have been recovered from the possession of the applicant, which is below the commercial quantity. In fact no such recovery was effected from the applicant. It is further submitted that since such recovery is no