JUDGMENT

Sreenivas Harish Kumar, J. - All these criminal petitions are disposed of by a common order as they arise out of an FIR registered in Cr. No. 109/2020 by the Cottonpet Police Station and being investigated by Central Crime Branch, Bengaluru, in relation to offences punishable under sections 21, 21(c), 27(b), 27(A) and 29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 ('NDPS Act' for short) read with section 120B of Indian Penal Code.

2. Criminal Petitions 4934/2020, 5158/2020 and 5362/2020 are filed under section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ('the Code' for short); the petitioners are accused Nos.1, 10 and 8 respectively. Criminal Petitions 5389/2020, 5162/2020 and 5194/2020 are filed under section 439 of the Code and the petitioners are accused Nos. 2, 14, and 4 respectively.

3. Brief account of the events culminating into registration of FIR and all these bail petitions being filed are :

B.K.Ravishankar, arraigned as accused No. 16 in Crime No. 109/2020, was accused No.4 in another criminal case registered by Banasavadi Police Station in Crime No. 588/2018 in relation to offences punishable under NDPS Act. As the certified copy of the proceedings sheet i