ORDER :

These petitions have been filed by the petitioners/accused Nos. 1 & 2 under Section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure praying to release them on bail in Crime No. 173/2018 for the offence punishable under Sections 8(c), 21(b), 22(b) of N.D.P.S. Act, Section 14 of Foreigners Act, 1946, Section 5 of Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939 Section 12 of Passport Act, 1967 registered by Kothanur Police Station.

2. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and learned High Court Government Pleader for the respondent/State.

3. The genesis of the case of the prosecution is that on 05.09.2018 at about 7.00 p.m., Police Inspector has deputed constables Eresh and Shekhappa Nayak to trace culprits in old pending cases. When they were on rounds they met an informant and he told that near K. Narayanapura Christ Jayanthi College, a person along with another selling M.D.M.A. and Charas drugs and distributing in small packets. Immediately, the informant and the two police constables went near the college and noticed the accused giving Narcotic Drugs in packets and collecting money from the customers. Thereafter, they returned to the police station and lodged a report and went and coll