JUDGMENT

K. Lakshman, J. - This is an application for regular bail. The petitioner is sole accused in S.C. No.51 of 2016, pending on the file of the Special Judge for trial of NDPS Act - cum - Metropolitan Sessions Judge at L.B. Nagar, Ranga Reddy District. The offences alleged against the petitioner herein are under Sections 8 (c) read with 21 (c), 23 (c), 28 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short 'NDPS Act'). The petitioner was arrested on 02.09.2015.

2. Heard Mr. Taquir Syed, learned counsel representing Mr. Mohd. Abdul Wahab, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. V. Gopalakrishna Gokhaley, learned Special Public Prosecutor for Narcotics Control Bureau appearing on behalf of the respondent.

3. The allegation against the petitioner herein is that Revenue Intelligence Officer, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Hyderabad Sub-Zone, received information that the petitioner herein, South African National, would be arriving at Shamshabad Airport, Hyderabad, from Dubai and she is carrying prohibited substances under the provisions of the NDPS Act. On 30.08.2015, the petitioner herein has arrived at Shamshabad Airport, she was intercepted by the