"We Are Very Liberal": Supreme Court On Bail Cases Involving Marijuana

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it is very liberal in granting bail in cases involving "ganja" (marijuana) while hearing a plea filed by a West Bengal man accused in an NDPS case involving the alleged recovery of 252.330 kg of ganja.A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and PB Varale verbally observed that accused persons can approach the Supreme Court for bail in such cases once their bail pleas are rejected by the lower court, implying the top courts' relative leniency in matters involving Ganja."Come for bail we'll give you. See, when it comes to Ganja, we are very liberal. Whenever it comes to us, we grant bail.