Mohammed Thambi Jameena Beebe vs The Officer in Charge, Police Narcotics Bureau – CA PHC APN: 109/12-2013

In the case between Mohammed Thambi Jameena Beebe (petitioner) and the Officer in Charge, Police Narcotics Bureau, the Hon. Attorney General, and Mohammed Naushad Mohammed Thauseer (respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether bail should be granted to a suspect remanded for over two years without indictment on an allegation of possessing 4.35 grams of heroin. It was held that the suspect should be released on cash bail with conditions, applying the principle that an extended remand period without indictment, especially in the absence of prior convictions and concession by the State Counsel, justifies bail notwithstanding the quantity involved. This decision emphasized the need for fairness and the right to liberty when prosecutorial delays occur, and directed the Magistrate to i