The court of the Special Judge (First) in Kangra, at Dharamshala, rejected the regular bail application of a 19-year-old woman arrested with 1.006 kg of charas.[1] The court held that the recovered charas fell in the commercial quantity category, so the twin conditions laid down in Section 37 of the NDPS Act had to be met.[1] It rejected her bail plea on 6 November 2026.[1] The court considered her young age, her lack of a criminal record and the completion of the investigation, but was not satisfied on both conditions.[1]

The case began on the night of 27-28 June 2026, when the CIA team of Nurpur police stopped an HRTC bus at Bodh Chowk in Jasur after a tip that a young woman was carrying charas towards Pathankot-Amritsar.[1] At about 12:56 am, officers searched the bus and recovered 1.006 kg of charas from the bag of the woman sitting in seat 34.[1] The State Forensic Science Laboratory at Junga confirmed that the sample was charas.[1] Police said she would be produced in court for police remand on the following Monday.[2] Police registered a case at Nurpur police station under Sections 20 and 29 of the NDPS Act.[3]

Defence counsel argued that she was only 19, had no criminal record and that the investigation was complete, so custody was no longer needed.[1] The prosecution opposed bail, calling the recovery a commercial quantity.[1] The court said it had to be satisfied, before granting bail under Section 37, that there were reasonable grounds to believe she was not guilty and that she was not likely to commit an offence after release.[1]