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The Rajasthan High Court granted bail under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, holding that disclosure statements alone, without physical recovery of contraband or corroborative evidence, cannot satisfy the twin conditions for denial of bail. The Paytm transaction, unlinked to drug proceeds and unsupported by CDR or bank records, was deemed insufficient to establish active involvement, reinforcing that circumstantial evidence must rise above speculation in drug cases.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court granted bail to two accused in a murder case, emphasizing that absence at the crime scene, hostile witnesses, and reliance on inadmissible disclosure statements weaken the prosecution's case. The ruling reinforces that bail is the rule, not the exception, under Section 439 CrPC when evidence is circumstantial and uncorroborated.

The Punjab & Haryana High Court ruled that a co-accused's disclosure statement alone cannot establish guilt under Section 420 IPC, mandating corroborative evidence for arrest or bail denial. This sets a precedent protecting accused from pre-trial incarceration based on uncorroborated statements, reinforcing due process in cheating cases.

The Punjab & Haryana High Court ruled that an accused named solely in a co-accused’s disclosure statement can be denied bail under the NDPS Act if multiple pending cases establish habitual offender status, even without recovery or corroborative evidence. This sets a precedent for stricter bail scrutiny in drug offences where criminal antecedents outweigh procedural gaps.

Punjab & Haryana HC granted bail to an accused with no direct link to the crime, ruling that uncorroborated police disclosure statements are inadmissible under Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. The court held that seven months of pre-trial detention without independent evidence violates Article 21, setting a precedent for bail jurisprudence under the new criminal laws.

The Punjab & Haryana High Court ruled that a co-accused's disclosure statement, without corroborative evidence, cannot justify continued detention under Section 37 of the NDPS Act. The court emphasized that five months of undertrial custody without a charge sheet violates Article 21, reinforcing the Tofan Singh precedent that disclosure statements alone lack evidentiary value for bail denial.

The J&K High Court acquitted the accused in a murder case, ruling that circumstantial evidence-particularly the 'last seen' theory and disclosure statements-must be unimpeachable and form a conclusive chain. The court emphasized that witness contradictions and unreliable recoveries fatally weaken the prosecution's case, reinforcing strict standards for convictions based on indirect evidence.

MP High Court rules that bail must be granted under the NDPS Act when no contraband is recovered from the accused, even if co-accused disclose involvement. The ruling underscores that disclosure statements alone, without corroborative evidence, are insufficient to deny bail.

Tripura High Court affirms that DNA evidence, disclosure statements, and adverse inference from silence under Section 313 CrPC can collectively sustain convictions for gang rape and murder even in the absence of eyewitnesses. The ruling reinforces the probative value of forensic and circumstantial evidence in heinous crimes, setting a precedent for similar cases.

MP High Court rules that uncorroborated disclosure statements under Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam cannot justify bail denial, setting a precedent for organized crime cases where evidence lacks independent verification. The ruling reinforces the need for substantive proof beyond co-accused statements to deny bail under Section 483 BNSS.