Shyampaul v. The State Rep By, the Inspector of Police

ORDER The petitioner, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on

04.02.2026 for the alleged offences under Sections 8(c) read with Section 20(b)

(ii)(A), 22(c), 25 and 29(1) of NDPS Act in Cr. No.33 of 2026 on the file of the respondent police, seeks bail. Page2 of 4

¶2The case of the prosecution is that the accused 1 to 7 conspired together and had purchased the contraband, viz., 27 nos. of MDMA tablets –

10.74 grams and 22 grams of OG Ganja, which is a commercial quantity, from unknown person in the State of Karnataka, for selling the same for their unlawful personal gain and this petitioner / A6 was found in possession of 1.06 grams of MDMA tablets and hence the case.

¶3The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that according to the case of the prosecution, there are totally 7 accused and this petitioner, who is A6, had possessed 1.06 grams of MDMA tablets, which is only an intermediate quantity and that the respondent police, without any rhyme or reason, have taken the recovery from all the accused, combined together to make it as a commercial quantity and the said conduct is contrary to the provisions of law. The learned counsel would further submit that there are no materials available before this Court so as to make possession of all of them, is known to each other, in furtherance of criminal conspiracy among them and therefore, prayed to enlarge the petitioner on bail.

¶4At this juncture, the learned Government Advocate appearing for the respondent police would submit that this petitioner was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 04.02.2026 and investigation is at preliminary stage. Page3 of 4

¶5I have given anxious consideration to the submissions made by the learned counsel on either side.

¶6Taking into consideration of the factum of pendency of investigation and as rightly contended by the learned Government Advocate, it is not appropriate time to go into the aspect of separate recovery from the individual accused, this Court is of the view that it is not an appropriate stage to consider the bail application.

¶7Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed. 20-04-2026 MJS Note:

¶1Registry is directed to forthwith upload this order in the Official Website of this Court.

¶2All concerned to act on this order being uploaded in Official Website of this Court without insisting on certified hard copies. To be noted, this order when uploaded in the official website of this Court will be watermarked and will also have a QR code. To

¶1The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

¶2The Inspector of Police, H3, Thondiyarpet Police Station, Chennai. CRLoOPoNo.o8599oofo2026 C.KUMARAPPAN,oJ. MJS CRLoOPoNo.o8599oofo2026 20-04-2026 Page4oofo4

Page1 of 4 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 20-04-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE C.KUMARAPPAN Shyampaul S/o Paulwilson, No.23/55, Arunachalam Street, Purasaiwalkam, Chennai. ..Petitioner(s) Vs The State represented by: The Inspector of Police H3, Police Station, Tondiyarpet, Chennai. [Crime No.33 of 2026] ..Respondent(s) PRAYER: The Criminal Original Petition has been filed under Section 483 of B.N.S.S. praying to enlarge the petitioner on bail pending investigation in Crime No.33 of 2026 on the file of the Inspector of Police, H3 Police Station, Tondiyarpet, Chennai. For Petitioner(s): M/S. G.Elamaran For Respondent(s): Mr. S. Vinoth Kumar, Government Advocate (Criminal side)