Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973–Sec. 439 [Corresponding Sec. 483 of BNSS, 2023]–Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985–Sec. 8/29–Bail application–Petitioners are in custody for two years and three months–Prosecution projected total twenty witnesses and out of them, only seven witnesses have been examined–Contention of the petitioners that there was non-compliance with the mandatory procedural safeguards enshrined under the Act as well as a flagrant deviation from the Central Governments Standing Order–Absence of antecedent criminal record–Bail deserves to be granted subject to certain conditions.
