JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Criminal Revision is filed under Section 397 r/w 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to set aside the order passed in Crl.M.P.No.788 of 2024 dated 13.02.2024 on the file of the Principal Special Judge under EC & NDPS Act, Chennai.)

1. The petitioner/A3 has filed a statutory bail in Crl.M.P.No.788 of 2024 in Crime No.275 of 2023 before the learned Principal Special Judge, Principal Special Court Under EC & NDPS Act, Chennai. The learned Judge vide order, dated 13.02.2024 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/A3 and others for offence under Sections 8(c), 20(b)(ii)(c) & 29(1) of The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as 'NDPS Act') in Crime No.275 of 2023. The accused were arrested on 20.07.2023. Since the investigation not completed and charge sheet not filed, the petitioner on 187th day filed statutory bail under Section 167(2) Cr.P.C., on 23.01.2024. Earlier to it, the respondent Police filed a petition under Section 36-A(4) of NDPS Act on 172nd day i.e., on 08.01.202