JUDGMENT :

MANISH CHOUDHURY, J.

1. These two applications are preferred by the accused-petitioners viz. (i) Chandra Vir (the petitioner in B.A. No. 1564/2024) and (ii) Rajeev Upadhay @ Rajeev Upadhayay (the petitioner in B.A. No. 1868/2024); under Section 439, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘Cr.P.C.’ and/or ‘the Code’ for short), seeking their release on bail in connection with NDPS Case No. 89 of 2020, arising out of NCB Crime Case No. 08 of 2020, registered for offences under Section 8(c) read with Section 20(b)(ii)(C) and Section 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, the trial of which is presently pending before the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge No. 3 (FTC), Kamrup (Metro) at Guwahati (‘the Special Court’ for short) in the form of NDPS Case No. 89 of 2020.

2. As both the applications have arisen out of the same case, NDPS Case No. 89 of 2020 read with NCB Crime Case No. 08 of 2020 and the learned counsel for the parties have submitted that the two petitioners are similarly situated, both the bail applications are taken up together for consideration, as agreed to by the learned counsel for the parties.

3. The petitioner, Rajeev Upadha