Complainant:  Santosh Tanaji Supekar

Address: J/402, Sumit Greendale, Global City, Near Agarwal Lifestyle, Virar West, Palghar 401303

Sections invoked: 27 & 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985

First Information Report: C R No 051 of 2023, Samata Nagar Police Station, Kandivali (E) 

Date: January  20, 2023

Accused: Mangesh Brijmohan Thakur, age 19 years, resident of Jay Prakash Singh chawl, Bihari Tekdi Road, NR Vijay Dairy, Kandivali East, Mumbai – 400101

The gist of the Complaint: Translated from Marathi to English on best effort basis.

The Complainant, aged 32, resides at the address as mentioned above, joined the Mumbai Police department in 2011 as Sepoy, and is presently serving in the Anti-terrorist squad at Samata Nagar Police Station since 2021.     

The Complainant appeared at the police station for day duty on 20/01/2023. At about 4:50 pm, while Police sub-inspector Mr. Tanpure and the Complainant were patrolling in Police Station Precinct near Challenger tower, Thakur Village, Kandivali (East), Mumbai,  they saw a person sitting down with a cigarette in his mouth, smoking some kind of drug with his cigarette.

After that, Police Sub-Inspector Mr. Tanpure asked the Complainant to go and get two PANCH and gave such information to the day shift Police Inspector. After that, the Complainant came with two PANCH (Witness) in a short time. Police Sub-Inspector Mr. Tanpure introduced both the PANCH (Witness) to our squad and explained the purpose of calling them to the said place, the PANCH agreed to appear as witnesses.

After keeping watch on him for some time, Police Sub-Inspector Mr. Tanpure ordered to take him into custody. According to the Complainant and other Anti-terrorist squad, officers detained him. There they found a cigarette-sized hash filled with half-burned stubs. After that, the Sub-Inspector of Police Mr. Tanpure identified himself, the Panchas (Witnesses), and the police team to the accused and asked him to allow them to search him, but he refused.

Then, Police Sub-Inspector Mr. Tanpure asked the accused about what he was doing at that place, and he said that he was consuming Ganja, a narcotic substance, by stuffing it into a cigarette butt. Then he was asked his name, age, and address, he gave it as detailed above.

When the accused was examined, his eyes appeared swollen and red due to drug consumption and his mouth smelled rough. Immediately, the accused was searched before the Pancha, a half-burnt cigarette-sized piece of Ganja in his hand was seized, extinguished, and destroyed on the spot.

Then the accused was medically examined at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Kandivali West, Mumbai Hospital, the medical officer gave a written report confirming that the accused had consumed Ganja, a narcotic drug.

Police Registered the case and took up the investigation The case is being investigated by the Police officer namely Mr. Amol Tanpure. The Complainant’s statement was recorded in Marathi, and it was explained to him in Hindi and he confirmed the same