The petitioner is before this Court calling in

question proceedings in Crime No.30 of 2021 registered

for offences punishable under Sections 25 and 3 of the

Indian Arms Act, 1959 and Sections 8(c), 20(B)(ii)(c) of

the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act,

1985 (8the Act9 for short).

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2. Brief facts leading to the filing of the present

petition, as borne out from the pleadings, are as

follows:-

On 26-05-2021 on the basis of a report submitted

by

the

2^nd

respondent/Police

alleging

that

on

25-05-2021 when they were on rounds, they received

credible information that one accused involved in a

dacoity case is on the run towards Moodabidri in a car

and they followed the said car and found the car being

driven by Mohamed Farooq. The petitioner was seated

in the car and another Eicher Truck was moving

towards Moodabidri. Both the vehicles were intercepted

and the dickey of Skoda car was searched which

resulted in unearthing of 60.60 Kgs. of Ganja. The

Eicher Truck which was also seized was searched and

such search resulted in recovery of 157 Kgs. of Ganja.

It was seized and the accused were arrested and

produced before the Police for further action. The

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