Additional Sessions Judge Pradeep Kumar’s court in Narnaul granted regular bail to Mangal Chauhan alias Chirag in an NDPS case.[1] The court said the 1 kg 193 grams of ganja recovered from him was an intermediate quantity, so the strict bar in section 37 of the NDPS Act did not apply.[1] The defence lawyer sought bail, arguing that he had been falsely implicated and that the investigation was complete, while the public prosecutor opposed bail by citing his earlier criminal record.[1] After hearing both sides, the court found that the investigation was complete and that the trial could take time, and it granted bail on a personal bond of 50,000 rupees and a surety of the same amount without commenting on the merits.[1]
On 6 October, City police received a tip during patrol that he sold narcotics, raided near Chhota-Bada Talab and caught him with a bag.[1] A search of the bag recovered 1 kg 193 grams of ganja, the local word for cannabis, after which police registered a case and sent him to judicial custody.[1]
Dainik Bhaskar reported that CIA Narnaul, the local crime investigation agency, arrested a young man with 1 kg 193 grams of ganja.[2] Police said he had been standing near Chhota-Bada Talab waiting to sell ganja.[2] Police identified him as Mangal Chauhan alias Chirag, son of Subhashchand, a resident of Mohalla Franskhana in Narnaul.[2] On the evening of 6 October, ASI Kuldeep of CIA Narnaul was patrolling at Hero Honda Chowk with his team when an informer said Chauhan was selling ganja.[2] A search before naib tehsildar Arjun Singh found ganja leaves in a waxed polythene inside a white-and-pink bag, and police weighed the recovery at 1,193 grams including the bag and polythene.[2] Police registered a case at City police station, Narnaul, under sections 20(b)(ii)(B), 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act.[2]