Srinagar, April 18 -- Reiterating the stringent bar on bail under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that even in the absence of direct recovery, an accused can be denied bail if circumstantial evidence, such as financial transactions and telephonic contact, establishes a prima facie link to a drug trafficking conspiracy involving commercial quantity.

Justice Sanjay Parihar while dismissing the plea of one MD Monish, accused in a 2024 FIR registered at Police Station Ganderbal under Sections 8/21 and 29 of the NDPS Act, held that the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that even in the absence of direct recovery, an accused can be denied bail if circumstantial evidence, such as...