JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Criminal Revision is filed under Section 397 & 401 Cr.P.C. to set aside the order passed in Crl.MP.No.9715 of 2023 dated 09.01.2024 by the learned Principal Special Judge for NDPS Act, Chennai by allowing this Revision Petition.)

1. The petitioner has filed a statutory bail in Crl.M.P.No.9715 of 2023 in Crime No.206 of 2023 before the learned Principal Special Judge, Principal Special Court Under EC & NDPS Act, Chennai. The learned Judge vide order, dated 09.01.2024 dismissed the same, against which, the present Criminal Revision Case.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the respondent Police registered a case against the petitioner for offence under Sections 8(c), 20(b)(ii)(C) of The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as 'NDPS Act') in Crime No.206 of 2023. The accused was arrested on 18.06.2023. Since the investigation not completed and charge sheet not filed, the petitioner 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 petition under Section 36-A(4) of NDPS Act on 177th day i.e., on 11.12.2023 in Crl.M.P.No.9595 of 2023 se