STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Additional Sessions Judge Udhampur Dinesh Gupta rejected the bail application of Rakesh Singh who is habitual narco smuggler who is involved in case FIR NO.524/2022 8/s 8/21/22 NDPS Act and is presently lodged in Judicial custody at Distt. Jail Udhampur. The contraband Heroine (Chitta) weighing 5.51 gms (excluding polybag) intermediate quantity was recovered from the personal search of accused. It is worthwhile to mention here that accused Rakesh Singh is habitual offender and also involved in other cases i.e FIR NO.461/2018 U/S 8/21/22 NDPS Act Udhampur and FIR No.36/2022 U/S 8/21/22 NDPS Act P/S Rehmbal.
Additional Sessions Judge Udhampur Dinesh Gupta after hearing APP Himanshu Parkash for the police whereas Adv Kiran Chouhan for the applicant observed that menace of ‘Drug addiction’ is a complex illness with far reaching consequences for those who know, work with, and support the drug addicted individual(s). Families suffer due to the cultural and social factors of drug behavior, including their own understanding of the disease process and the addict’s behavior due to drug abuse; draining of, family resources; shrinking from responsibilities, sickness and dysfunctional relationships; distortion of interpersonal family relationships; violence and death faced as a consequence of drug abuse, etc. The cost of drug abuse is enormous and multifaceted which poses severe threat to the very social fabric of the Society and, thus, the instances of drug abuse are required to be dealt with a strict ‘Hard on Crime’ attitude. Besides, the trafficking/ smuggling of drugs has flared sporadically in the recent years transcending geographical boundaries. With these observations, Court rejected the bail application.