#Section 67 NDPS

J&K High Court grants bail in an NDPS case where conviction relied solely on inadmissible confessional statements under Section 67, absent recovery of contraband. The ruling underscores that such statements cannot establish a prima facie case without independent corroboration, aligning with the Supreme Court's Tofan Singh precedent.

The Himachal Pradesh High Court ruled that confessional statements made by co-accused under Section 67 of the NDPS Act cannot serve as the sole basis for arrest or denial of bail. This reinforces that pre-trial detention must rest on independent, corroborative evidence - protecting accused persons from being held solely on unverified police-recorded disclosures, and setting a critical precedent for bail hearings in drug cases nationwide.