(1.) In the above cases the petitioners move for bail for alleged offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (in short, the 'Act').
(2.) THE collective voice of the petitioner's counsel in all these cases and other cases of similar nature manifests in their devoutness in human dignity and liberty, when Mr. Deepak Mishra, learned counsel for one of the petitioners as a prelude to his argument leferred to the sying of atrick Henery 'give me liberty or give me death' quoted by one of the learned Judges of this Court in the case of Mangal Hembram v. State of Orissa reported in 53 (1982) CLT 259.
(3.) THEREFORE , liberty of free movement can be curtailed in a given case but through legal procedure alone. We may, therefore, examine whether release of the petitioners on bail should be allowed as claimed by them.