ORDER :

1. Applications for regular bail under Section 439 Cr.P.C.

2. Applicants in B.A. Nos. 2776/21, 2842/21 and 3104/21 are accused Nos. 2, 1 and 3, respectively, in Crime No. 08/2020 of Excise Circle Office, Aluva for offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic substances Act. The final report has been filed and taken on file as SC 145/2021 on the file of the VII Additional Sessions Court, Ernakulam.

3. The prosecution case, in brief, is this:

On 02-09-2020 at about 08:10 PM, the Excise Inspector, Aluva and his party intercepted a lorry bearing Registration No. KL-05-AB/0352. The applicants were inside the lorry. On search, 2 Kgs of ganja each was recovered from the person of A1 and A2, and a further search of the lorry resulted in the seizure of 28 Kgs of ganja. A total of 32 Kgs of ganja was being transported by the accused who was party to a conspiracy to transport and store ganja of commercial quantity, intended for sale. The applicants were arrested and remanded to judicial custody. The application for statutory and regular bail filed by the applicants was dismissed by the jurisdictional Court, and hence they have approache