JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Criminal Revision is filed under Section 397 and 401 of the Cr.P.C. to call for the records and set aside the order dated 12.01.2024 of the learned Principal Special Court under EC and NDPS Court at Chennai in Crl.M.P.No.9686 of 2023 and enlarge the petitioner on bail in Crime No.264 of 2023 pending on the file of the respondent.)

1. The petitioners have filed a statutory bail in Crl.M.P.No.9868 of 2023 in Crime No.264 of 2023 before the learned Principal Special Court under EC and NDPS Court at Chennai The learned Judge vide order, dated 12.01.2024 dismissed the same, against which, the present Criminal Revision Case.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the respondent Police registered a case against the petitioners for offence under Sections 8(c), r/w 20(b)(ii)(C), 29(I) of The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as 'NDPS Act') in Crime No.264 of 2023. The accused were arrested on 18.06.2023. Since the investigation not completed and charge sheet not filed, the petitioners on 181st day filed statutory bail under Section 167(2) Cr.P.C., on 15.12.2023. Earlier to it, the respondent Police filed a petit