JUDGMENT :

Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.

1. The instant appeal under Section 21(4) of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 is directed against the order dated 28.03.2023 passed by the learned Additional Judicial Commissioner-XVI-cum-Spl. Judge, NIA, Ranchi in Misc. Criminal Application No. 847 of 2023 arising out of ATS Ranchi P.S. Case No. 01 of 2021 corresponding to Special (NIA) Case No. 4 of 2021, by which the prayer for regular bail of the appellant has been rejected.

2. The prosecution story in brief as per the allegation made in the FIR, read as under :

The prosecution case is based upon the typed report of sub inspector Vishal Pandey of ATS on 14.11.2021. In his typed report SI Vishal Pandey alleged that while investigation of the Tandwa P.S. Case No. 132/2021 he came to know that Avinash Kumar S/o Jairam Sharma and few other persons are supplying arms and ammunitions to miscreants and extremist groups. Accordingly, the ATS Ranchi P.S. Case No. 01/2021 has been registered.

The Central Government received an information regarding the registration of FIR No. 01/2021 dated 14