JUDGMENT

N.J. Jamadar, J. - The applicant who is arraigned in C.R.No.115 of 2021 registered with New Panvel Police Station for the ofences punishable under Sections 20(C) read with 8(c) and Section 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances act, 1985 (the NDPS act), has preferred this application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (the Code), assailing the legality, propriety and correctness of the Order dated 17th September, 2021 passed by the learned Special Judge, Panvel-Raigad, granting two months extension to complete the investigation in the said crime.

2. On 25th March, 2021, pursuant to an information, a raid was conducted on Pune-Mumbai Highway in front of JNK Lifters Pvt. Ltd., wherein a Innova Car bearing Registration No.MH-04/CJ-9363, which was on its way to Mumbai from Pune, was intercepted. The applicant and the accused No.1 were found in the said car. During the course of the search, in the presence of the public witnesses, 10 gunny bags containing 200 kgs ganja were found. The contraband articles were seized. Samples were collected. The applicant and the accused No.1 were apprehended. Crime was registered at C.R.No.115 of 2021 with New