Noorden Jamaldeen Fathima Rizwana Vs. Officer in Charge, Police Station, Narcotics Bureau. and others – CA PHC APN NO: CPA 41/2021-2021

In the case between Noorden Jamaldeen Fathima Rizwana (appearing for Mohamed Anwar Mohamed Fawaz, 11th Suspect) and the Officer in Charge, Police Station, Narcotics Bureau, and the Hon. Attorney General, the central issue concerned whether the continued remand of the 11th suspect, a Warf Clerk, was justified under the Poisons Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance and whether exceptional circumstances existed to grant bail. The findings established that Fawaz acted as an employee executing official duties, with no incriminating evidence of personal involvement in importing heroin. Emphasis was placed on the legal standard for “exceptional circumstances” for bail under sections 54A and 54B and relevant case law. The holding recognized the unfairness of continued remand absent substantiated evi