JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Criminal Revision Petition filed under Sections 397 r/w 401 of Criminal Procedure Code, to set aside the order passed in Crl.M.P.No.10050 of 2023 dated 12.01.2024 on the file of the Principal Special Judge under EC & NDPS Act, Chennai.)

1. The petitioner/A4 has filed a statutory bail in Crl.M.P.No.10050 of 2023 in Crime No.264 of 2023 before the learned Principal Special Judge, Principal Special Court Under EC & NDPS Act, 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 petitioner submitted that the respondent Police registered a case against the petitioner/A4 and other accused persons for offence under Sections 8(c), 20(b)(ii)(c) and 29(1) 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 petitioner on 187th day filed statutory bail under Section 167(2) Cr.P.C., on 22.12.2023. Earlier to it, the respondent Police filed a petition under Section 36-A(4) of NDPS Act on 177th d