JUDGMENT

1. Matter is taken up via video conferencing.

2. This is an application u/s 439 Cr. PC r/w Section 36-A (3) of the NDPS Act filed by the Petitioner herein seeking grant of bail to 2(two) accused persons namely Sonowal Ali and Jahal Uddin who were arrested on 30.04.2021 in connection with Jowai PS Case No. 50(4)2021 u/s 8(e)/21(c) NDPS Act.

3. It is the averment of the Petitioner that on 29.04.2021, an FIR was lodged by one Shri A. R. Marak, S.I of Phramer Traffic Cell to the effect that during naka checking near Pharmer, National Highway-6, one truck bearing registration No. AS-25-EC-3411 on being stopped for checking refused to stop which led to the police to chase the vehicle and to intercept it near the toll gate Lalong on National Highway-6. On checking the said vehicle, some suspicious packages were found in the back of the vehicle under one sofa set, the contents of which appears to be contraband item. Accordingly, the two accused persons named above being the driver and the handyman of the said truck were arrested on 29.04.2021 and were produced before the court of the learned Special Judge NDPS, West Jaintia Hills District, Jowai and forwarded to judicial custody.

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