ORDER :

1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned HCGP for the respondent.

2. Petitioner is the sole accused in Crime No. 105/2020 pending before the Court of XXXIII Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge and Special Judge for NDPS cases at Bengaluru for the offence punishable under Section 22(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘the NDPS Act’) and Section 14 of Foreigners Act (for short ‘the Act’).

3. The petitioner has approached this Court challenging the order dated 25.06.2021 passed by the trial Court allowing the application filed by the prosecution under Section 36A(4) of the NDPS Act extending the time for completion of the investigation and rejecting the application filed by the petitioner under Section 167(2) of Cr.P.C. seeking statutory bail.

4. Brief facts of the case that could be necessary for the purpose of disposal of this petition are:

On the compliant of respondent No. 2 - J.C. Nagar Police Station, Bengaluru registered FIR in Crime No. 105/2020 against the petitioner herein for the offence punishable under Sections 22(c) of the NDPS Act and Section 14 of the Act. In the complaint it is averred that on receipt o