1. The Criminal Petition has been filed under S.437 and S.439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity 'the CrPC') / S.480 and S.483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity 'the BNSS'), seeking to enlarge the petitioners / Accused Nos.5 and 6 on bail in Cr.No.57 of 2025 of Gajuwaka Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate, registered against the petitioners / Accused Nos.5 and 6 herein for the offences punishable under S.20(b)(ii)(C) read with S.8(c), S.25 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity 'the NDPS Act').

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 11.02.2025, at about 07.00 hours, on receipt of credible information about illegal possession and transportation of ganja, the City Task Force, Visakhapatnam, along with the staff of Gajuwaka Police Station, secured mediators, rushed to behind More Super Market, VUDA Colony, Kanithi Road, Gajuwaka, Visakhapatnam City, and conducted a raid. During the search, Accused Nos.1 to 8 were apprehended, while A - 9 is absconding. In the presence of mediators, the police seized (1) 184 kgs of ganja, (2) a Kia Seltos car bearing No. OD10U 7595, and (3) eight mobile phones