JUDGMENT :

PRITHVIRAJ K. CHAVAN, J.

1. By this application, the applicant who is one of the three accused has prayed for his release on bail in connection with an FIR registered with Chakan Police Station, Pune vide C.R. No. 49 of 2022 for the offences punishable under Sections 8(c), 20(b)(ii)(C), 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short “NDPS Act”) for allegedly found in possession of commercial quantity of Ganja during a chance raid on 10.01.2022 at about 15.30 hours.

2. Briefly stated, it is the case of the prosecution that under the leadership of Police Inspector Satish Pawar, the police personnel were on usual patrolling duty in a Government Vehicle No. MH-14JM-6261 along with other few private vehicles. While patrolling within the territorial jurisdiction of Alandi Police Station, when the team headed by P.I. Satish Pawar entered into the jurisdiction of Chakan Police Station on Chakan-Shikrapur Road, a White Coloured Hundai i-20 car bearing Registration No. RJ-14-ZC-3310 overtook the police vehicle in a high speed. The team suspected some fo