JUDGMENT

The petitioner-accused No.2 is before this Court seeking grant of bail under Section 439 of Cr.P.C. in NCB Crime No.48/1/20/2020/BZU on the file of respondent-NCB, Bengaluru, pending in Spl.C.C.No.768 of 2021 on the file of the learned XXXIII Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge and Special Court for NDPS Cases, Bengaluru, registered for the offences punishable under Section 8(c) read with Sections 21(c), 22(c), 23(c), 27, 27A, 28, 29 and 32B(a)(d) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’).

2. Heard Sri Hashmath Pasha, learned senior advocate for Sri Mahammadali, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Madhukar Deshpande, learned senior Central Government Standing Counsel for the respondent - State. Perused the materials on record.

3. Learned senior advocate for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is arrayed as accused No.2. He is innocent and has not committed any offences as alleged. He has been falsely implicated in the matter without any basis. He was apprehended on 23.12.2020 and since then he is in judicial custody. The petitioner had filed similar petition seeking grant of bail in Criminal Petition No.3406