Call Detail Records Alone, Without Supporting Voice Evidence, Insufficient to Connect Accused with Drug Trafficking: Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that Call Detail Records (CDRs) showing phone contact between the accused and co-accused cannot, by themselves, establish involvement in offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act). Justice Sanjay Dhar, while granting bail to an accused, held that without corroborative evidence such as voice recordings or recovery of contraband, such data cannot justify continued detention under…