Rajasthan High Court granted bail to a 60 year woman, accused in an NDPS Case solely based on the confessional statements of the co-accused, who was her son-in-law as well as their call details that revealed conversations between the two.

The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand took note of the “special circumstances” of the relationship between the applicant and the co-accused. It opined that conversation between the mother-in-law and son-in-law was natural, which could not be made a ground to implicate the applicant.

The Court further highlighted that no recovery was made at the instance of the applicant, and she was in custody since the date of her arrest.

For context, the Court was hearing a second bail application of the accused person, who was implicated under the NDPS Act, in relation to recovery of 26 gms of Heroine.

It was submitted by the counsel for the petitioner that no recovery was made at the instance of the petitioner but the co-accused who was her son-in-law. It was argued that she was implicated only based on confessional statements of the co-accused and their call details.

After hearing the contentions, the Court made the aforementioned observations, and allowed the bail application.

Title: Rani Devi v State of Rajasthan

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 324

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