This petition is filed by accused under Section 439 of

the

Code

of

Criminal

Procedure,

1973

(hereinafter

referred to as the 8Cr.P.C.9, for brevity) read with Section

37 of The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act

seeking bail in Bilagi Police Station Crime No.6/2022

registered for the offences punishable under Sections

20(a),

20(b)(i),

20(b)(ii)(C)

of

the

Narcotic

Drugs

and

Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to

as 8NDPS Act9, for brevity), pending in Special Case

No.20/2022, on the file of learned Prl. District and

Sessions Judge, Bagalakote.

2.

The case of the prosecution is that, one Sri S.S.

Kamatagi, Police Inspector, Bilagi Police Station, has

lodged complaint contending that, on 09.01.2022 at about

3

2:30 pm, when he was in the police station, he received

credible information that a person has cultivated and

stored ganja in his land and selling the same for his

benefit. In pursuance of the said information, the

complainant secured panch witnesses, Gazetted Officer

and after obtaining permission from his Higher Officer

went

to

the

said

land

and

apprehended

the

petitioner/accused. During enquiry, the petitioner has

admitted that he has cultiva