This petition is filed for grant of bail under Sec. 439 of Criminal Procedure Code. The petitioner along with two others is alleged to have committed an offence under Sec. 20 (b)(1) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, hereinafter referred to as N.D.P.S. Act. The petitioner in his bail petition has averred as follows:

“The petitioner is the second accused in Crime No. 515 of 1994 of the Chinnamannoor Police Station, for the offence under Sec. 20(b)(1) of N.D.P.S. Act. In that he has been implicated by the first accused Maharajan, as the person who escaped, along with the third accused Gurusamy, driver of the Ambassador car MDA.3767 which was halted and checked by the police party at Iyampatti Village about 5 kilometres from the Chinnamannoor Police Station at about 9.00p.m. on 110. 1994 and found to contain several packets containing in all about 241.400 kg. of ganja. The police came with the first accused to the residence of the petitioner at Bodi on the morning of 110. 1994 and as the petitioner was attending to his poultry business in the town, the police took away the younger brother Sugumar, who was a civil engineer doing private contract work. Up