1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Original Jurisdiction Dated: Nainital: the 19th day of December, 2011 First Bail Application No. 1199 of 2011 Criminal Side Pramod S/o Kabul Chand R/o Village Sadholi Kadim P.S. Behat, District Saharanpur …….Applicant (In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand ..…..Opposite Party Arising out of Case Crime No. 194 of 2011 Under Section: 8/18 of N.D.P.S Act Police Station: Vikas Nagar District: Dehradun Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. Nagesh Agarwal, Advocate, present for the applicant. Mr. S.S.Adhikari, A.G.A. present for the State. Heard. Applicant– Pramod, who is in jail in connection with Crime No. 194 of 2011, relating to offence 2 punishable under section 8/18 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Police Station Vikas Nagar, District Dehradun, has sought his release on bail. 54 kilograms of Popy Straw (DODA) said to have been recovered from the applicant. Minimum commercial quantity mentioned in the schedule of the N.D.P.S. Act, provided for Popy Straw is 50 kilograms. There is no public witness of the recovery. Applicant is said to have no criminal history. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that applicant has been falsely implicated in the case. In the above circumstances, without expressing any opinion as to final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that the applicant deserves bail. The Bail Application is allowed. Let the applicant- Pramod , be released on bail on executing personal bond and furnishing two sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt.19.12.2011 Nahid 3