Order on Board

11.08.2023

1) Since both these bail applications are arising out of same Crime number, therefore, both the matters are heard together and decided finally by this common order.

2) Earlier, the first bail applications preferred under Section 439 CrPC for grant of regular bail were dismissed as withdrawn by this Court vide orders dated 03.08.2022 & 04.08.2022 passed in MCRC Nos. 5244/2022 & 5907 of 2022, and second bail applications were dismissed on merits by this Court vide orders dated 06.01.2023 & 03.12.2022 passed in MCRC Nos.

10230/2022 & 10089/2022.

3) The applicants have preferred these Third Bail Applications under Section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in connection with Crime No.73/2022, registered at Police Station Bagbahara, District Mahasamund (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 20-B of the NDPS Act.

4) The prosecution story, in brief, is that on April 22, 2022, around 12:10 am, upon receipt of a secret information, the police conducted a raid at the Pithoura Chowk and seized 25 kg of Ganja from four accused persons and arrested them. Subsequent to this, a thorough investigation was conducted, and the final report was submitted before the