ORDER

K. T. Sankaran, J.—The petitioner is the accused in O.R. No.2 of 2010 on the file of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence. Calicut, for the offence under Section 21 (c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (hereinafter referred to as ‘N.D.P.S. Act’). The petitioner seeks bail in this bail application filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

The prosecution case is the following. The Intelligence Officer, D.R.I.. Calicut, of specific information at 16.20 hours on 24.12.2010 that a person aged about 40 years, with slight limp while walking, would be present hear the main ticket counter of Calicut Railway Station at about 5 p.m. with 500 grams of heroin in his possession, for the purpose of carrying the same to Kuttipuram. The Intelligence Officer reduced the information in writing and transmitted the same to the Senior Intelligence Officer, D.R.I. Regional Unit, Calicut. The officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence proceeded to the spot. Two persons available there were requested to be the witnesses. Within a short time, the person with the given description arrived at the spot carrying a plastic bag. The Senior Intelligence Offi