JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 439 of Cr.P.C. praying to enlarge the petitioner on bail in CC.No.48 of 2017 pending trial on the file of the II Additional Special Court for Exclusive Trial of cases under NDPS Act, Chennai.)

1. The petitioner, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 21.03.2022 for the offence punishable under Section 8(c), 9(A), 21(c), 22(c), 23(c), 25(A), 28 and 29 of NDPS Act in CC.No.48 of 2017, pending trial on the file of the II Additional Special Court for Exclusive Trial of cases under NDPS Act, Chennai, seeks bail.

2. The case of the complainant, relevant for the purpose of disposal of this petition, in brief is as follows:

2.1 A specific information was received to the effect that some contraband items, covered under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as “NDPS Act”), had been concealed inside a consignment intended for export and that another consignment concealed wtih Alprazolam Tablets, covered by NDPS Act, was arriving at Chennai through speed post and that the said consignment, intended for export, was filed in the name of M/s.