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Rajasthan High Court grants bail in a POCSO case where the victim and witnesses turned hostile, and the victim's majority was established through testimony and marital status. The court held that forged school records alone cannot sustain POCSO charges if the victim's age is disproven, impacting bail jurisprudence under BNSS Section 483.
Rajasthan High Court rules that Section 37's bail embargo does not apply where the NDPS Act fails to define commercial quantity for opium cultivation. The judgment distinguishes between recovery of opium plants and manufactured drugs, impacting bail jurisprudence under the Act.
Rajasthan High Court grants bail under Section 483 BNSS (439 CrPC) in an NDPS case, holding that a three-month delay in dispatching forensic samples violates Standing Order No.1/1988, undermining evidentiary reliability. The ruling reinforces that procedural lapses, even in serious offences, can tilt the balance in favour of personal liberty where substantive evidence is lacking.