ORDER :

1. The applicants have preferred this application for grant of bail as they are arrested in connection with Crime No.206/2022 registered at Police Station Urla, District Raipur for offence under Section 20 (c) of the NDPS Act.

2. Prosecution case is that on the basis of secret information that the accused persons were illegally transporting contraband Ganja in a truck bearing registration No.OR-04/H-0865 for sale from bordering State of Odisha to Nagpur, (Maharashtra), through Chhattisgarh, the said fact was recorded at daily diary Entry No.17 and in compliance of Section 42 of the NDPS Act, information has been sent to the CSP, Urla. The vehicle was intercepted and the present applicants were apprehended. Applicant Ranjan Kumar Sahu is the driver whereas other coaccused is the conductor of the said vehicle. As per the procedure, a search has been made in the alleged truck and 16 plastic bags of contraband Ganja totalling 4.80 quintals amounting to Rs.24 lakhs was seized from the joint possession of the present applicant. Samples were obtained and the same were sent to the FSL. It has been confirmed that the said samples were Ganja. The applicants also confessed that the said