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People dealing with drugs volition person to beryllium dealt with a precise steadfast manus arsenic they are destroying the lives of youths of this state procreation aft generation, the Supreme Court said connected Tuesday (June 2, 2026).
A seat of Justices Vikram Nath, Sheel Nagu and V. Mohana dismissed the bail plea of an accused who was arrested successful June 2022 successful a lawsuit registered nether the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. "People dealing with drugs volition person to beryllium dealt with a precise steadfast hand. They are destroying the lives of youths of this state procreation aft generation," Justice Nath observed portion dismissing the plea.
The accused had moved the apex tribunal challenging a February this twelvemonth bid of the Madras High Court. The High Court, which had refused to assistance him bail successful the case, had noted that it was his sixth successive bail application.
According to the prosecution, connected June 11, 2022, the petitioner and 2 others were lasting with a container and connected seeing the police, they tried to flight from the spot. It was alleged that 21 MDMA-ecstasy tablets weighing astir 10.15 grams were recovered successful the bag. The prosecution said that based connected the confession of the petitioner and different accused, the 3rd accused who ran distant from the spot was besides arrested.
Before the High Court, the petitioner's counsel had contended that the alleged contraband seized from him connected June 11, 2022 was produced earlier the peculiar tribunal astatine Chennai lone connected July 5, 2022 and till then, the constabulary had kept the aforesaid successful their custody without immoderate support from the proceedings tribunal concerned. His counsel had argued that though the High Court successful November 2024 had directed the proceedings tribunal to implicit the proceedings wrong six months, the proceedings was not yet concluded and the co-accused were already granted bail.
The counsel representing the State had argued earlier the High Court that 3 accused were progressive successful the lawsuit and 10.15 grams of MDMA-ecstasy tablets allegedly seized from the petitioner falls nether commercialized quantity. The High Court had dismissed the bail plea.
