ORDER :

1. This petition is filed under Sections 437 and 439 of Code of the Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C.’) seeking regular bail to the petitioners/A-2 and A-3 in connection with Crime No. 76 of 2021 of K.D. Peta Police Station, Visakhapatnam Rural for the offence punishable under Section 20(b)(ii)(c) r/w 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’).

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 12.06.2021 on receipt of reliable information about illegal transportation of Ganja, police rushed to Alluri Park, A.L. Puram village of Golugonda Mandal and while conducting vehicle check at about 5.00 a.m. they found Eicher Van bearing No. MH-40-Y-9235 and three persons were found in the vehicle. On seeing the police, they tried to escape, but the police caught hold of petitioners, but another person managed to escape from the spot. On searching the vehicle, police found 390 KGs of Ganja and on personal search of petitioner, they found Rs. 550/-. Police seized the contraband, arrested the petitioners under the cover of Mahazarnama. Basing on the same, the present crime was registered.

3. Heard Sri. G. Venkata Reddy, learned counsel for pe