State Government vs Mahesh rai — 2304741/2004

Disposed: Contested--ACQUITTED on 10th March 2026.

Case disposed

Cri. Case

CNR: UPGK160011592004

Filing Number

2304741/2004

Filing Date

06-Dec-2004

Registration No

2304741/2004

Registration Date

06-Dec-2004

Court

Railway Court Gorakhpur

Judge

23-Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate (Railway)

Decision Date

10-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--ACQUITTED

Last updated 24-Apr-2026

FIR Details

FIR Number

176/04

Police Station

G.R.P. Gorakhpur

Year

2004

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.State Government

    Adv. APO

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.Mahesh rai

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 10-Mar-2026

    JudgementView PDF

    Summary The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (Railway), Gorakhpur acquitted Mahesh Rai of charges under Sections 21/22 of the NDPS Act (possession of 230 contraband tablets found at Gorakhpur railway station on 05.10.2004) because the prosecution failed to present any witnesses despite multiple court opportunities over approximately 20 years of proceedings. The court emphasized that prolonged trial delays violate Article 21 of the Constitution and noted the absence of credible evidence to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 10-Mar-2026

    Disposed

    Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate (Railway)

  4. 24-Feb-2026

    Arguments

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  5. 18-Feb-2026

    Arguments

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  6. 11-Feb-2026

    Statement U/S 313

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  7. 21-Jan-2026

    Evidence

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  8. 23-Dec-2025

    F. O./ Evidence

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  9. 03-Dec-2025

    Evidence

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  10. 12-Nov-2025

    Evidence

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  11. 07-Oct-2025

    Evidence

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  12. 27-Aug-2025

    Evidence

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  13. 13-Aug-2025

    Evidence

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  14. 09-Jul-2025

    F. O./ Evidence

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  15. 16-Apr-2025

    F. O./ Evidence

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  16. 12-Feb-2025

    Evidence

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  17. 16-Dec-2024

    Evidence

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  18. 09-Oct-2024

    Evidence

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  19. 21-Aug-2024

    Evidence

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  20. 26-Jun-2024

    F. O./ Evidence

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  21. 02-Apr-2024

    Evidence

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  22. 04-Dec-2023

    Evidence

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  23. 18-Sep-2023

    Evidence

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  24. 21-Jun-2023

    Evidence

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  25. 05-Jun-2023

    Evidence

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  26. 08-May-2023

    Evidence

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  27. 20-Feb-2023

    F. O./ Evidence

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  28. 22-Nov-2022

    F. O./ Evidence

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  29. 07-Sep-2022

    F. O./ Evidence

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  30. 13-Jun-2022

    F. O./ Evidence

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  31. 11-Jun-2022

    Appearance

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  32. 15-Mar-2022

    Appearance

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  33. 11-Jan-2022

    Appearance

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  34. 26-Oct-2021

    Appearance

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  35. 28-Jul-2021

    Appearance

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  36. 05-May-2021

    Appearance

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  37. 17-Feb-2021

    Appearance

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  38. 16-Feb-2021

    Appearance

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  39. 22-Dec-2020

    Appearance

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  40. 23-Sep-2020

    Appearance

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  41. 20-Jul-2020

    Summon

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  42. 05-May-2020

    Summon

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  43. 25-Feb-2020

    Summon

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  44. 14-Jan-2020

    Summon

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  45. 10-Dec-2019

    Summon

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  46. 12-Nov-2019

    Summon

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  47. 16-Oct-2019

    Summon

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  48. 04-Sep-2019

    Summon

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  49. 06-Aug-2019

    Evidence

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  50. 18-Jun-2019

    Evidence

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  51. 27-Mar-2019

    Evidence

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  52. 29-Jan-2019

    Evidence

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  53. 17-Oct-2018

    Evidence

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  54. 24-Jul-2018

    Evidence

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  55. 07-May-2018

    Evidence

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  56. 13-Mar-2018

    Evidence

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  57. 03-Jan-2018

    Evidence

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  58. 21-Nov-2017

    Evidence

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  59. 18-Sep-2017

    Evidence

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  60. 19-Jul-2017

    Evidence

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  61. 10-May-2017

    Evidence

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  62. 27-Feb-2017

    Evidence

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  63. 25-Jan-2017

    Evidence

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  64. 07-Dec-2016

    Evidence

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  65. 06-Sep-2016

    Evidence

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  66. 23-Jun-2016

    Evidence

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  67. 11-Apr-2016

    Evidence

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  68. 02-Feb-2016

    Evidence

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  69. 04-Nov-2015

    Evidence

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  70. 21-Sep-2015

    Evidence

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  71. 01-Jun-2015

    Evidence

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  72. 22-Aug-2012

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  73. 06-Dec-2004

    Case filed

    Registration No. 2304741/2004

casestatus.in Summary

Summary The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (Railway), Gorakhpur acquitted Mahesh Rai of charges under Sections 21/22 of the NDPS Act (possession of 230 contraband tablets found at Gorakhpur railway station on 05.10.2004) because the prosecution failed to present any witnesses despite multiple court opportunities over approximately 20 years of proceedings. The court emphasized that prolonged trial delays violate Article 21 of the Constitution and noted the absence of credible evidence to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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