: Kuldip Chand Sood, J. : - All these 13 applications under section 438 of the code of criminal Procedure are being disposed of by this common order as all of them arise from a case FIR No.257/2Kforthe offences punishable under Sections 20/ 27-A/29/32 of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, (hereinafter referred to as the Drugs Act) registered with the Police Station, Kullu, on 1.6.2000. The applicants are resident of Village Tosh, P.O. Barshiani, Tehsil and District Kullu (H.P).

2. In order to appreciate the respective contentions of the applicants and prosecution, the facts as disclosed in the First information Report may be noticed in brief:

3. On the early morning of 1st June, 2000, ASI Kanwar Singh, Incharge, Police Manikaran, received a secret information that Datti Ram s/o Alam Chand r/o Village Tosh deals in the sale of Charas at large scale and on immediate raid charas can be recovered from his house. ASI Kanwar Singh reduced the information received by him in writing, constituted a raiding party including therein local Vice President of the Panchayat Khushal Chand and Numberdar Tej Ram. A copy of the information so recorded was sent to Dy. S.P. H