SRI CHARAN N. S., ADVOCATE) v. BENGALURU – 560 005

(BY SRI MAYUR D.BHANU, ADVOCATE A/W., SRI SHAMANTH GOWDA J., ADVOCATE AND SRI CHARAN N. S., ADVOCATE) …PETITIONERS AND:

1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY SHO HEBBAGODI POLICE STATION INVESTIGATED BY CCB (ANW) REPRESENTED BY SPP HIGH COURT BUILDINGS - 14 - NC: 2025:KHC:49643 WP No. 4819 of 2025 HC-KAR AMBEDKAR VEEDHI BENGALURU - 560 001.

2. SANTHOSH HOSPITAL HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT NO. 6/1, PROMENADE ROAD BEHIND COLES PARK PULIKESHI NAGAR, FRAZER TOWN BENGALURU – 560 005. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI B.N.JAGADEESHA, ADDL. SPP FOR R1; SRI VIVEKANANDA S., ADVOCATE FOR R2) THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA READ WITH SECTION 528 OF THE BNSS, PRAYING TO QUASH THE CHARGE SHEET ANNX-A IN SPL.C.NO.741/2024 PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE LEARNED VIII ADDL. DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, BENGALURU RURAL AT BENGALURU. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN ‘B’ GROUP, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER The petitioners - accused Nos.13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 66, 67, 70, 73, 74, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 and 87 in Special Case No.741 of 2024 are at the doors of - 15 - NC: 2025:KHC:49643 WP No. 4819 of 2025 HC-KAR this Court calling in question filing of charge sheet and all further proceedings before the VIII Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru Rural registered for offences punishable under Sections 8(c), 21(b), 22(a), 22(b), 22(c), 27(a), 27(b) and 29 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (‘the Act’ for short) read with Section 14 of the Foreigners Act, 1946 and Sections 290 and 294 of the IPC.

2. Heard Sri Mayur D. Bhanu, learned counsel along with Sri Shamanth Gowda J. and Sri Charan N.S., learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, Sri B.N. Jagadeesha, learned Additional State Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent No.1 and Sri Vivekananda S., learned counsel appearing for respondent No.2.

3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the issue in the lis stands completely covered by the judgment rendered by this Court in W.P.No.31069/2024 disposed on 29.04.2025 and that the accused in the subject petition are identically placed and involved in the very same Special Case No.741 of 2024. - 16 - NC: 2025:KHC:49643 WP No. 4819 of 2025 HC-KAR

4. This Court in the case of W.P.No.31069/2024 disposed on 29.04.2025, has held as follows: “8. The afore-narrated facts are not in dispute. The entire incident happens on 19-05-2024. A complaint comes to be registered on the same incident on 20-05- 2024. The complaint reads as follows: “gÀವ(cid:2)(cid:3)ೆ, #ಂದ ¥ÉÆ(cid:5)ೕ(cid:7) ಇ(cid:9)(cid:10)(cid:11)ೆಕ(cid:13)(cid:14), ಎ(cid:16)ೆ(cid:17)ಾ(cid:19)(cid:20)(cid:21) (cid:22)(cid:23) (cid:24)(cid:5)ೕ(cid:7) (cid:25)ಾ(cid:26)ೆ. (cid:27)ೆಂಗಳ(cid:31)ರು ನಗರ. %ಹಮ() ಮುಕರ+ (cid:24)(cid:5)ೕ(cid:7) ಇ(cid:9)(cid:10)(cid:11)ೆಕ(cid:13)(cid:14). -ಾಧಕದ/ವ0 (cid:20)ಗ/ಹ ದಳ (cid:22)(cid:22)1, (cid:27)ೆಂಗಳ(cid:31)ರು ನಗರ, -ಾನ03ೆ. 4ಷಯಃ- 8.ಆ(cid:14) :ಾ+; ಎ(cid:16)ೆ(cid:17)ಾ(cid:19)(cid:20)(cid:21) (cid:22)(cid:23), (cid:27)ೆಂಗಳ(cid:31)ರು :ಾರಂ <ೌ(cid:7)ನ(cid:5)> -ಾಧಕವಸು@ -ಾ3ಾಟ <ಾಗೂ CೇವDೆ -ಾE(cid:17)ೊಂಡು 3ೇG (cid:11)ಾ(cid:23); -ಾಡುH@ರುವ ಬ(cid:3)ೆJ ದೂರು. ***** ಈ LೕಲNಂಡ 4ಷಯ(cid:17)ೆN ಸಂಬಂO(cid:22)ದಂPೆ, Dಾನು -ಾಧಕದ/ವ0 (cid:20)ಗ/ಹ ದಳ, (cid:22)(cid:22)1 4Qಾಗದ(cid:5)> Rಐ-1 ಆT ಕತ;ವ0 (cid:20)ವ;V(cid:22)(cid:17)ೊಂEರುPೆ@ೕDೆ. ಈ Wನ WDಾಂಕ 19-05-2024 ರಂದು 3ಾH/ ಸು-ಾರು 11-30 ಗಂXೆ(cid:3)ೆ ನನY QಾHZ[ಾರ(cid:2)ಂದ ಬಂದ QಾHZ ಏDೆಂದ3ೆ ಎ(cid:16)ೆ(cid:17)ಾ(cid:19)(cid:20)(cid:21) (cid:22)(cid:23) ]ಾ0R@ಯ(cid:5)>ರುವ 8.ಆ(cid:14).:ಾ+(cid:10); ನ(cid:5)> "VASU'S BIRTHDAY" ಎಂಬ ^ೕ_;(cid:17)ೆ ಅEಯ(cid:5)> Sunset to Sun Rise Victory ಎಂಬು[ಾT WDಾಂಕ 19-05-2024 ರಂದು 05-00 PM Onwards ಎಂದು 3ೇG (cid:11)ಾ(cid:23);ಯ ಸ-ಾರಂಭವನುY ಏಪ;E(cid:22)(cid:17)ೊಂಡು 3ಾH/ ಅ]ೇcೆdಾದ ನಂತರವe ಸಹ -ಾಧಕವಸು@ -ಾ3ಾಟ <ಾಗೂ CೇವDೆ -ಾE(cid:17)ೊಂಡು 3ೇG (cid:11)ಾ(cid:23); -ಾಡುPಾ@ Cಾವ;ಜ(cid:20)ಕರ Dೆಮ(W(cid:3)ೆ ಮತು@ gಾಂತPೆ(cid:3)ೆ ಭಂಗ ತರುH@ರುPಾ@3ೆಂದು -ಾVH ಬಂWರುತ@[ೆ. ಸದ(cid:2) 3ೇG (cid:11)ಾ(cid:23);ಯ(cid:5)> ಸು-ಾರು 100 (cid:2)ಂದ 150 ಜನ ಹುಡುಗ ಮತು@ ಹುಡುTಯರು ಜ-ಾವ(cid:26)ೆ(cid:3)ೊಂಡು (cid:11)ಾ(cid:23);ಯ(cid:5)> 3ಾhಾ3ೋಷ]ಾT ಎಂ.E.ಎಂ.ಎ Ri(cid:10). (cid:17)ೊ(cid:17)ೇ(cid:9), <ೈqÉÆæÃ(cid:3)ಾಂhಾ <ಾಗೂ ಇತ3ೆ -ಾಧಕ ವಸು@ಗಳನುY CೇವDೆ <ಾಗೂ -ಾ3ಾಟ -ಾಡುH@ರುವe[ಾT QಾHZಯನುY (cid:22)kೕಕ(cid:2)(cid:22)ದುl ಸದ(cid:2) QಾHZಯನುY V(cid:2)ಯ ಅO(cid:17)ಾ(cid:2)ಗcಾದ -ಾನ0 E(cid:22)R ಮತು@ ಎ(cid:22)R Cಾ<ೇಬ(cid:2)(cid:3)ೆ ದೂರ]ಾm ಮೂಲಕ Hn(cid:22)ರುPೆ@ೕDೆ. -ಾನ0 - 17 - NC: 2025:KHC:49643 WP No. 4819 of 2025 HC-KAR V(cid:2)ಯ ಅO(cid:17)ಾ(cid:2)ಗಳo ತpಣ ಸಮಯ 4ಳಂಭ -ಾಡ[ೇ ಎ(cid:16)ೆ(cid:17)ಾ(cid:19)(cid:20)(cid:21) (cid:22)(cid:23) (cid:24)(cid:5)ೕ(cid:7) (cid:25)ಾ(cid:26)ೆಯ(cid:5)> ದೂರನುY [ಾಖ(cid:5)(cid:22)(cid:17)ೊಂಡು ಮುಂWನ ಕ/ಮ (cid:17)ೈ(cid:3)ೊಳsಲು ಸೂt(cid:22)ದ Lೕ3ೆ(cid:3)ೆ ದಳದ ಇತ3ೆ ಅO(cid:17)ಾ(cid:2) ಮತು@ (cid:22)ಬuಂWಗಳನುY ಎ(cid:16)ೆ(cid:17)ಾ(cid:19)(cid:20)(cid:21) (cid:22)(cid:23) (cid:24)(cid:5)ೕ(cid:7) (cid:25)ಾ(cid:26)ೆಯ ಬn ಬರಲು ಸೂt(cid:22)ರುPೆ@ೕDೆ. ಆದl(cid:2)ಂದ 8.ಆ(cid:14).:ಾ+(cid:10); ನ(cid:5)> "VASU'S BIRTHDAY” ಎಂಬ ^ೕ_;(cid:17)ೆ ಅEಯ(cid:5)> ಎಂದು WDಾಂಕ 19-05-2024 ರಂದು 05-00 PM Onwards ಎಂದು ಸ-ಾರಂಭವನುY ಏಪ;E(cid:22)(cid:17)ೊಂಡು 3ಾH/ ಅ]ೇcೆdಾದ ನಂತರವe ಸಹ -ಾಧಕವಸು@ -ಾ3ಾಟ <ಾಗೂ CೇವDೆ -ಾE(cid:17)ೊಂಡು 3ೇG (cid:11)ಾ(cid:23); -ಾಡುPಾ@ Cಾವ;ಜ(cid:20)ಕರ Dೆಮ(W(cid:3)ೆ ಮತು@ gಾಂತPೆ(cid:3)ೆ ಭಂಗ ಉಂಟು-ಾEರುವ 3ೇG (cid:11)ಾ(cid:23);ಯ ಆwೕಜಕರ 4ರು)ದ <ಾಗೂ ಸದ(cid:2) 3ೇG (cid:11)ಾ(cid:23);ಯನುY ನxೆಸಲು ಅವ(cid:17)ಾಶ -ಾE(cid:17)ೊ(cid:23)(cid:13)ರುವ 8.ಆ(cid:14). :ಾ+(cid:10); -ಾ(cid:5)ೕಕರ 4ರುದz ಮತು@ -ಾಧವಸು@ CೇವDೆ ಮತು@ -ಾ3ಾಟ -ಾಡುH@ರುವ ವ0{@ಗಳ 4ರುದz (cid:17)ಾನೂನು ಕ/ಮ (cid:17)ೈ(cid:3)ೊಳsಲು ಈ ಮೂಲಕ (cid:17)ೋ(cid:2)(cid:17)ೊಂEರುತ@[ೆ ಮತು@ ಈ ದೂ(cid:2)DೊಂW(cid:3)ೆ (cid:17)ಾಯ;ಕ/ಮದ |H@ಪತ/ದ ಪ/HಯನುY ಲಗH@(cid:22)ರುತ@[ೆ. ವಂದDೆಗcೆ(cid:31) ಂW(cid:3)ೆ ತಮ( 4gಾk(cid:22). ¸À»/- 20/5/24 [%ಹಮ() ಮುಕರ+] (cid:24)(cid:5)ೕ(cid:7) ಇ(cid:9)(cid:10)(cid:11)ೆಕ(cid:13)(cid:14). -ಾಧಕದ/ವ0 (cid:20)ಗ/ಹ ದಳ, (cid:22)(cid:22)1, (cid:27)ೆಂಗಳ(cid:31)ರು ನಗರ.” The complaint is registered at 1.45 a.m. by the CCB before the Electronic City Police Station. The complaint becomes a crime in Crime No.242 of 2024 for the alleging offences under Sections 290, 294 of the IPC and 8(c), 22(a)(b)(c), 25, 27, 27(b) of the NDPS Act. A raid at the said rave party took place and consequence of raid is, these petitioners along with others who are said to be consumers of drugs are taken to the 2nd respondent hospital. A requisition was made to test urine samples of these and other persons. All these petitioners were also directed to be tested. The requisition reads as follows: ಇವ(cid:2)(cid:3)ೆ, ]ೈ[ಾ0O(cid:17)ಾ(cid:2)ಗಳo, ಸಂPೋ} ಆಸ~Pೆ/, ಪe(cid:5)(cid:17)ೇ^ ನಗರ (cid:27)ೆಂಗಳ(cid:31)ರು ನಗರ. - 18 - NC: 2025:KHC:49643 WP No. 4819 of 2025 HC-KAR -ಾನ03ೇ, 4ಷಯ:- 3ೆ(cid:127)ೕ (cid:11)ಾ(cid:23);ಯ(cid:5)> (cid:22){N1ದl ಆCಾ(cid:128)ಗಳo (cid:20)(cid:129)ೇWತ -ಾದಕವಸು@ CೇವDೆ -ಾE[ಾl3ೆ(cid:130)ೕ ಎಂಬುದರ ಬ(cid:3)ೆJ ಪ(cid:2)ೕ(cid:131)ೆ -ಾE ವರW (cid:20)ೕಡಲು (cid:17)ೋ(cid:2) ಮನ4. ಉ(cid:16)ೆ>ೕಖ:-ಎ(cid:16)ೆ(cid:17)ಾ(cid:19)(cid:20)(cid:21) (cid:22)(cid:23) (cid:24)(cid:5)ೕ(cid:7) (cid:25)ಾ(cid:26)ಾ %.ಸಂ.242/2024 ಕಲಂ 290, 294 ಐ.R.(cid:22) ªÀÄvÀÄÛ PÀ®A 8(¹) 22(©), 22(¹), 22(J), 27(©), 25, 27 J£ïr¦J¸ï ಆ(cid:21)(cid:13) ***** ಈ Lೕ(cid:5)ನ 4ಷಯ(cid:17)ೆN ಸಂಬಂO(cid:22)ದಂPೆ ತಮ((cid:5)> ಮನ4 -ಾE(cid:17)ೊಳosವe[ೇDೆಂದ3ೆ, (cid:145)dಾ;ದು[ಾರ3ಾದ ^/ೕ %ಹಮ() ಮು(cid:17)ಾರ+-(cid:24)(cid:5)ೕ(cid:7) ಇ(cid:9)(cid:10)(cid:11)ೆಕ(cid:13)(cid:14), -ಾಧಕದ/ವ0 (cid:20)ಗ/ಹ ದಳ, (cid:22)(cid:22)1, (cid:27)ೆಂಗಳ(cid:31)ರು ನಗರ ರವರು WDಾಂಕ 20.05.2024 ರಂದು (cid:20)ೕEದ ದೂ(cid:2)ನ Lೕ3ೆ(cid:3)ೆ ನಮ( . 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3. Dಾಗ(cid:27)ಾಬು.E 1(cid:9) ಉಮಮ<ೇಶk(cid:14) 3ಾG 32 ವಷ; ]ಾಸ ನಂ.10/14/45. ಅಕಲ]ಾ(cid:2) (cid:22)(cid:153)ೕ ಒ(cid:9) Xೌ(cid:9) 4ಜಯ]ಾಡ 8(cid:16)ೆ>, ಆಂಧ/ಪ/[ೇಶ 3ಾಜ0.

4. ರಣOೕ(cid:14)(cid:27)ಾಬು 1(cid:9) 4.ಜಯಚಂದ/ (cid:27)ಾಬು 43 ವಷ; ]ಾಸ ನಂ.18-310 ಪ/(cid:17)ಾಶಂ ಐ3ೋ(cid:156) tತೂ@ರು ಆಂಧ/ಪ/[ೇಶ 3ಾಜ0.

5. %ಹಮ) ಅಬುಬಕ(cid:14) (cid:22)Wl(cid:21) 1(cid:9) ]ಾ(cid:22)ೕ(cid:21) ಅಹಮ) 29 ವಷ; ]ಾಸ ನಂ.37. (cid:17)ೆ ನಂ.4Dೇ 1ೕW ಮ(cid:17)ಾ(cid:9) 3ೋ(cid:156) QಾರHನಗರ (cid:27)ೆಂಗಳ(cid:31)ರು. LೕಲNಂಡವರ (cid:11)ೈ{ ಎ-1 ಹುಟು(cid:13)ಹಬuದ ಪ/ಯುಕ@ ಎ-2 ರವರು 3ೆ(cid:127)ೕ (cid:11)ಾ(cid:23);ಯನುY ಹ(cid:128)((cid:17)ೊಂEದುl, ಎ-3 (cid:2)ಂದ ಎ-5 ಆ3ೋRಗಳo -ಾದಕ (cid:20)(cid:129)ೇಧ ವಸು@ಗcಾದ (cid:20)(cid:129)ೇದ -ಾದಕ ವಸು@ಗcಾದ ಎಂ.E.ಎಂ.ಎ {/ಸ(cid:13)i, ಎಂ.E.ಎಂ.ಎ ಎ(cid:21)(cid:10)Xೇ(cid:22) Ri(cid:10), (cid:17)ೊ(cid:17)ೇ(cid:9), <ೈqÉÆæà (cid:3)ಾಂhಾವನುY Pೆ(cid:3)ೆದು(cid:17)ೊಂಡು ಬಂದು CೇವDೆ -ಾEರುವeದು ಮತು@ ಈ (cid:11)ಾ(cid:23);ಯ(cid:5)> QಾTdಾTದl 68 ಜನ ಪeರುಷರು <ಾಗೂ 30 ಜನ ಮVcೆಯರು ಸಹ ಅಮ(cid:5)ನ(cid:5)>ದುl, LೕಲNಂಡ -ಾದಕ ವಸು@ - 19 - NC: 2025:KHC:49643 WP No. 4819 of 2025 HC-KAR CೇವDೆ -ಾEರುವ Cಾಧ0Pೆ ಇರುತ@[ೆ. ಆದl(cid:2)ಂದ ಆ3ೋRತರ <ಾಗೂ 3ೆ(cid:127)ೕ (cid:11)ಾ(cid:23);ಯ(cid:5)> (cid:22){N1WlರುವವರನುY ]ೈದ0{ೕಯ ಪ(cid:2)ೕ(cid:131)ೆ(cid:3)ೆ ಒಳಪE(cid:22) ಫ(cid:5)Pಾಂಶದ ವರWಯನುY (cid:20)ೕಡಲು (cid:17)ೋ(cid:2)[ೆ.” The Police after investigation file a charge sheet. The allegation in the charge sheet, as against accused Nos.7, 8, 13 to 88, is common. The summary of the charge sheet, as obtaining in column No.17, insofar as accused Nos.7, 8, 13 to 88 are concerned, read as follows: “ಪ/ಕರಣದ ಎ-7, ಎ-8 ಮತು@ ಎ-13 (cid:2)ಂದ ಎ-88ರ ವ3ೆTನ ಆ3ೋRತರುಗಳo, <ೆಬುu(cid:3)ೋE (cid:24)(cid:5)ೕ(cid:7) (cid:25)ಾ(cid:26)ಾ ಸರಹWlನ 8.ಆ(cid:14).:ಾ+; <ೌ(cid:7)ನ(cid:5)> VICTORY "VASU'S BIRTHDAY, Sunset to Sun Rise Date 19-05-2024, 5:00 PM Onwards " JA§ ²Ã¶ðPÉ CrAiÀÄ°è gÉÃªï §vïðqÉà (cid:11)ಾ(cid:23);ಯನುY ಎ-1 ಮತು@ ಎ-2 ಆ3ೋRತರುಗಳo ಆwೕಜDೆ -ಾEದುl, ಎ-7, ಎ-8 ಮತು@ ಎ-13 (cid:2)ಂದ ಎ-88 ವ3ೆTನ ಆ3ೋRತರುಗn(cid:3)ೆ ಎ-1 ಮತು@ ಎ-2 ಆ3ೋRತರುಗಳo ಆ<ಾk(cid:20)(cid:22)ದ Lೕ3ೆ(cid:3)ೆ 3ೇG ಬ(cid:159); xೇ (cid:11)ಾ(cid:23);(cid:3)ೆ ಬಂWದುl, (cid:11)ಾ(cid:23);ಯ(cid:5)> -ಾದಕವಸು@ಗಳo (cid:22)ಗುತ@[ೆಂದು %ದ(cid:16)ೆ HnWದುl, ಎ-1 ಮತು@ ಎ-2 ಆ3ೋRತರುಗಳo (cid:11)ಾ(cid:23);ಯ(cid:5)> Pೋ(cid:2)(cid:22)ದ ಎ-3, ಎ-4, ಎ-5 ಮತು@ ಎ-10 ಆ3ೋRತರುಗnಂದ ತಮ(cid:3)ೆ (cid:27)ೇ(cid:17)ಾದ (cid:20)(cid:129)ೇWತ -ಾದಕವಸು@ಗಳನುY ಪxೆದು(cid:17)ೊಂಡು CೇವDೆ -ಾEರುವeದು, ಆ3ೋRಗಳ & Cಾ(cid:160)ಗಳ 4(cid:148)ಾರ(cid:26)ೆ#ಂದ ಮತು@ ಸಂPೋ} ಆಸ~Pೆ/ಯ ವರWಗಳo <ಾಗೂ ತ(cid:20)¡ೆ#ಂದ ಧೃಢಪ(cid:23)(cid:13)ರುತ@[ೆ. ಆದl(cid:2)ಂದ ಎ-7, ಎ-8 ಮತು@ ಎ-13 (cid:2)ಂದ ಎ-88ರ ವ3ೆTನ ಆ3ೋRತರುಗಳo ಕಲಂ 27(ಎ & ©) NDPS Act-1985 (cid:2)ೕPಾ0 ಅಪ3ಾಧ ಎಸTರುವeದು ತ(cid:20)¡ೆ#ಂದ ದೃಢಪ(cid:23)(cid:13)ರುತ@[ೆ.” It is consumption and therefore, they are charged under Section 27(a) and (b) of the Act. Likewise, the other accused are also charged of consumption and accused No.5 admits the fact that he has supplied drugs and other accused have consumed those drugs. Therefore, the allegation against these petitioners is not in dispute that it is under Section 27(a) and (b) of the Act. As quoted hereinabove, the requisition was to send the accused to Santosh Hospital/2nd respondent. The urine samples are said to have divulged presence of drugs. Whether that could be taken note of for the offences punishable under Section 27(a) and (b) of the Act in the teeth of Santosh Hospital being a private hospital is what is required to be considered in the case at hand. - 20 - NC: 2025:KHC:49643 WP No. 4819 of 2025 HC-KAR

9. The urine test samples of these petitioners are appended to a memo placed before this Court. This is a part of the charge sheet. In terms of the memo, the medical examination report by Santosh Hospital reads as follows: - 21 - NC: 2025:KHC:49643 WP No. 4819 of 2025 HC-KAR - 22 - NC: 2025:KHC:49643 WP No. 4819 of 2025 HC-KAR - 23 - NC: 2025:KHC:49643 WP No. 4819 of 2025 HC-KAR - 24 - NC: 2025:KHC:49643 WP No. 4819 of 2025 HC-KAR - 25 - NC: 2025:KHC:49643 WP No. 4819 of 2025 HC-KAR (iii) Cocaine, Methamphetamine, I deem it appropriate to notice the tests conducted, petitioner by petitioner. Accused No.8/7th petitioner gives her urine sample for test and in terms of the test report she is found positive for five drugs viz., (i) Amphetamine, (ii) (iv) Methylenedioxymethamphetamine and (v) Tetra Hydro Canabinoids. It is in public knowledge or in medical parlance twined with narcotic parlance that if these five drugs are consumed by one person at a time, the person can no longer be alive. With regard Accused No.16/8th petitioner, the urine sample is again shown to be for the same five drugs. Insofar as accused No.23/1st petitioner again for the same five drugs. Accused No.46/9th petitioner again for the same five drugs. Accused No.69/2nd petitioner has tested positive for only one drug viz., Cocaine. Accused No.71/10th petitioner is found to have tested positive for two drugs viz., cocaine and tetra hydro canabinoids. Accused No.76/6th petitioner is found three drugs viz., to have Amphetamine, Methylenedioxymethamphetamine and the same goes with Accused No.77/3rd petitioner, Accused No.78/4th petitioner and insofar as accused No.85/5th petitioner is concerned, he is tested positive for three drugs viz., Methamphetamine, Methylenedioxymethamphetamine and tetra hydro canabinoids. This covers the petitioners. Methamphetamine tested positive

10. Whether tests done in a private laboratory should be given credence is what is required to noticed. The Government of India has notified standing orders in Standing Order No.1 of 1988 which deals with chemical analysis of seized drugs and would indicate certain procedure. Clause 1.3 of the said Standing Order reads as follows: An “1.3 illicit narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances recovered from a person, place, conveyance, liable to etc. are material evidence as they are confiscation. Further, they constitute primary evidence for any act, omission or commission on the part of a person rendering him liable for punishment under Chapter IV of the NDPS Act, 1985. Most of the narcotic cannot be conclusively proved to be such drugs or substances merely by visual examination in the trial court and they require to be proved by chemical analysis to be conducted by chemists authorized under Section 293 of and psychotropic substances - 26 - NC: 2025:KHC:49643 WP No. 4819 of 2025 HC-KAR Cr.P.C.1973. The provisions of sub-Section 4 of Section 293 of Cr.P.C. are reproduced hereunder for ready reference:- Section 294(4) of Cr.P.C., 1973. This Section applies to the following Government scientific experts, namely:- (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) Any Chemical Examiner or Assistant Chemical Examiner to Government; The Chief Inspector of Explosives; The Director of Finger-print Bureau; The Director Hoffikin Institute of Bombay; The Director (Deputy Director or Assistant Director) of a Central Forensic Science Laboratory or a State Forensic Science Laboratory. The Serologist to the Government.” And Clause 1.11 reads as follows: “1.11 Laboratories to which samples may be sent. The Seizing Officers of the Central Government Department, viz., Customs, Central Excise, Central Bureau of Narcotic, Narcotics Control Bureau, D.R.I., etc. should dispatch samples of the seized drugs to one of the laboratories of the Central Revenues Control Laboratory nearest to their offices depending upon the availability of test facilities. The addresses of the Dy. Chief Chemists of the Central Revenues Control Laboratories are given below:

5. General Manager, Govt. Opium and Alkaloid Works, GHAZIPUR (U.P.); General Manager, Govt. Open and Alkaloid Works, Neemuch (M.P); Chief Chemist, Central Revenue Control Laboratory, Pusan Road (IARI), New Delhl. Dy.Chief Chemist, Office of the Collector of Customs House, Chennai 600 001. Dy.Chief Chemist, Chemical Customs House, Calcutta-1; Laboratory, - 27 - NC: 2025:KHC:49643 WP No. 4819 of 2025 HC-KAR

14. Dy.Chief Chemist, New Customs House Ballard Estate, Mumbai-400 038. Dy.Chief Chemist, Central Excise Laboratory, Estrellia Batteries Compound, Dharavi Road, Mumbai-400 019. Examiner, Chemical Commissioner of Customs, Customs House, Cochin-9; Office Examiner, Chemical Excise Laboratory, Yashkamal, Building , 8th Floor, Baroda-5 (Gujarat), Central Examiner, Chemical Excise Laboratory, Central Excise Laboratory, CORIL Refinery, Vishakhapatnam (AP); Central Chemical Examiner, Customs House, Kandla, Gujarat Chemical Laboratory, Sada, MARMUGOA GOA-403 803 Examiner, Customs House Examiner, House Chemical Laboratory, Assam Oil Refinery, Dibboi (Assam); Customs Examiner, Excise Chemical Laboratory, Assam Oil Refinery, Distt. Begusarai (Bihar); Central

15. Chemical Examiner, HPCL, Refinery corridor Road, Trombay, Mumbai-400 074. The other Central Agencies, like BSF, CBI and other Central Police organizations may send such the Director, Central Forensic samples Laboratory, New Delhi. All State Enforcement Agencies may send samples of seized drugs and psychotropic substances to the Director/Deputy Director/Assistant Director of their respective State Forensic Science Laboratory. The addresses of the State Forensic Science Laboratories are given below:

1. Director, Forensic Science Laboratories, Govt. of Bihar, Patna-800 023. - 28 - NC: 2025:KHC:49643 WP No. 4819 of 2025 HC-KAR

17. 18.

19. Police Laboratory, Laboratory, Forensic Science Director, Rajasthan, Nehru Nagar, Jaipur-6; Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, mini Punjab Secretarial Plot No.2, Sector 9-A Chandigarh. Director, State Forensic Science Rasulgarh, Bhubaneshwar-10 (Orissa); Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, Haryana Madhubn (Karnl); Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, Andhra Pradesh Red Hills, Hyderabad; Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, Trivandrum- 10; Director, State Forensic Science Laboratory, Govt. of West Bengal, Balgachi Road. Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, Gujarat State, New Mental Corner, Ahmedabad – 380 016; Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, Maharashtra State, Vidhyanagari, Kalina, Santacruz (East), Mumbai-400 098; Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, Civil Lines, Sagar (M.P) 470 001; Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, Mahanagar, Lucknow (U.P.); Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, Sector-18 Chandigarh Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, Bureau of Police Research and Development (MHA), Govt. of India, O.V. Campus, Ramnathpur, Hyderabad-500 013; Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, C.B.I Block-4, C.G.O Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, Junagarh (Gujarat); Chemical Examiner to the U.P. Govt., Agra (U.P.) Govt. Examiner of questioned documents, Railway Board Building, Shimla (H.P) Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, Opposite C.D. Hospital, Srinagar (J.K.). “ (Emphasis supplied) Clause 1.3 mandates that the Director of a Central Forensic Science Laboratory should be in-charge of these tests and clause 1.11 mandates laboratories to which the samples may be sent. There are about 15 laboratories. These are concerning chemical analysis of drugs. The Ministry of Finance in the Department of Revenue, Government of India has notified Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Seizure, Storage, Sampling and - 29 - NC: 2025:KHC:49643 WP No. 4819 of 2025 HC-KAR Disposal) Rules, 2022 (for short ‘the Rules’). Rule 12 deals with storage of samples. It reads as follows: “12. Storage of samples.—(1) Each sample shall be kept in heat-sealed plastic bags or heat- resistant glass bottle or apparatus, which shall be kept in a paper envelope, sealed properly and marked as original or duplicate, as the case may be. (2) The paper envelope shall also bear the respective serial number of the package or container from which the sample had been drawn. (3) The envelope containing the duplicate sample shall also have reference of the test memo and shall be kept in another envelope, sealed and marked ‘Secret-drug sample/Test memo’, to be sent to the designated laboratory for chemical analysis.” (Emphasis supplied) Rule 12 mandates that the duplicate sample should be seized and marked as ‘secret-drug sample’ and has to be sent to a designated laboratory for chemical analysis.

11. The learned counsel for the petitioners has contended that if urine samples are to be tested for the presence of drugs, there must be a confirmatory test of those tested urine sample by either of the two methods – Gas Chromatography or Mass Spectrometry. In the case at hand what is being sent is testing of urine samples. The test report is quoted hereinabove. It is admittedly not tested by either of the methods as noted hereinabove. A coordinate Bench of this Court in SRI PRANAY NATARAJ V. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA in W.P.No. 7178 of 2024 disposed of on 29-05-2024, considers this aspect and holds that urine samples must be confirmed by the afore-quoted two tests. The coordinate Bench, in the said decision, holds as follows: “…. …. ….

2. According to the prosecution's case, based on credible information, a raid was conducted with a search warrant from the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch, Mangaluru. During the raid, a plastic cover containing contraband ganja was discovered under a - 30 - NC: 2025:KHC:49643 WP No. 4819 of 2025 HC-KAR table. Upon questioning the apartment's inhabitants, the petitioner revealed his identity and allegedly confessed to procuring ganja from Vishaka Pattana tribes. He admitted to packaging and selling quantities of 50 and 100 grams to college students and the public for financial gain. further

3. The prosecution confession statement of accused No.1, who purportedly confessed to supplying ganja to other accused persons for consumption. Subsequently, these co-accused allegedly stated that the petitioner, accused No.16, also consumed ganja with them. relies on

4. The Sub-Inspector of Police, CCB, Mangaluru, searched residence the petitioner-accused No.16's apartment, arrested him, and then took him to A J Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, Mangaluru, for examination.

5. Furthermore, the prosecution contends that upon examination, it was found that the petitioner- accused No.16 had consumed ganja, thereby making him liable for offences under Section 27(B)(2) of the NDPS Act.

6. Mr. P.P. Hegde, learned senior counsel for the petitioner-accused No.16, argues that the urine sample taken from him was obtained in violation of Section 16 of the NDPS Act, 1984, as none of the prescribed procedures were followed. He further contends that the Inspector of Police failed to record in writing the information received from the co-accused, which is mandatory under Section 42(1) of the NDPS Act. Therefore, any breach of mandatory provisions under Section 42(1) of the NDPS Act would vitiate the trial. O R D E R (i) Writ Petition is allowed. (ii) Charge sheet filed by the Police in Spl.Case No.741 of 2024 pending before the VIII Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru stands quashed qua the petitioners. Sd/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE NVJ List No.: 1 Sl No.: 24 CT:SS