The Chhattisgarh High Court has closed a suo motu public interest case concerning drug abuse in Bilaspur after receiving detailed affidavits from the police and district administration outlining year-long action against narcotics trafficking and illegal distribution.
The bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru initiated the proceedings after taking note of a news report describing the Juni Line locality as a hub for drug use, where addicts openly injected themselves and the supply of narcotic injections had triggered public concern.
In its order dated 26 November 2025, the court observed that no recent incidents of the reported nature were now being recorded and that authorities had taken adequate measures, making further judicial intervention unnecessary.
Acting on court directions, the Senior Superintendent of Police, Bilaspur, submitted a personal affidavit summarizing the enforcement drive. Between 1 September 2024 and 15 August 2025, police registered 67 cases under the NDPS Act, seizing significant quantities of controlled substances such as sedatives, tablets, capsules, injections, ampoules, cough syrups and cannabis. Financial probes were also initiated, and assets worth Rs 6 crore belonging to 15 accused across five cases were frozen.
On 23 July 2025, authorities destroyed seized contraband including 697.692 kilograms of cannabis, 42,592 ampoules, 73,822 tablets and capsules, 7,678 syringes and 11,510 bottles of cough syrup.
