Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 4: Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul rejected the bail application of one Mohammad Tajamul Masoodi, a businessman who was booked by the police in cross border narco smuggling.
According to the police case on July 21, 2017 acting on an information received from SSP Baramulla, police party of Sub Division Uri along with security wing and Custom Department officials, deployed at TFC Salamabad for cross LoC trade checking, recovered 1,332 packets/sachets of contraband apparently Heroin/Brown Sugar, concealed/hidden in 333 suit boxes, which were carried from Chakoti Muzaffarabad in a truck bearing registration No.AJ&KXA-267, driven by one PoK resident driver, namely, Syed Yousef Shah S/o Syed Ali Akbar Shah R/o Charwaya, Tehsil & District Muzaffarabad.
The consignment was sent by M/s J. K. International, Muzaffarabad, to M/s Kuloo Suppliers, Srinagar and in this regard case FIR No.54/2017 was registered in police station Uri. The investigation of the case had been closed as challaned and produced before the court of Additional Sessions Judge, Baramulla, on November 23, 2017. It has been stated by respondents that he used to do cross LoC trade jointly with his nephew, namely, Musadiq Afzal Masoodi, and assigned him the job of crossing of vehicles at TFC Salamabad, Uri, and himself used to dispose of the material reached to him from Pak/Pok to Srinagar/Delhi/ Surat etc., with the active participation of accused, namely, Nayeem Rasool Bhat.
Justice Koul observed that at this stage prima facie for the purpose of this bail application is unable to form the required satisfaction that there are reasonable grounds for believing that applicant is not guilty of offence and hence this Court cannot persuade itself to accede to the prayer of applicant for being enlarged on bail. Accordingly, the application for bail is rejected. |
