2024 (10) TMI 1713

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

....hers for the offence punishable under Sections 8(c) read with 20, 28, 29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (for short NDPS Act). 3. The brief facts of the Prosecution's case are that based on the specific information, the officers of the Customs Division, Kakinada, accompanied by two witnesses, intercepted a cargo vehicle bearing Registration No. TW12 UD 3086 at Kovvur Toll Plaza, NH-16, Kovvur, Andhra Pradesh, en route to Vijayawada on 19-6-2023 at approximately 2:45 hours. The Petitioner along with A.1 were found to be present in the vehicle. Due to safety concerns at the location, after duly accepting the accused and witnesses, the officers transported the cargo vehicle and its contents to the office building of the De....

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

....No. 22 of 2023 of the file the trial Court. Petitioner is willing to fully cooperate in the trial or any further investigation. Therefore, he respectfully prays for the grant of bail to the Petitioner. 5. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor vehemently opposed the grant of bail to the Petitioner. 6. I have heard both sides. Learned Counsel on both sides reiterated their submissions on par with the contentions presented in the Petition and the report. Consequently, the contentions raised by Learned Counsel need not be reproduced. 7. The Learned Counsel for the Petitioner, A.2, asserts that the statement made by A.2 on 20-6-2023, before the Investigating Officer, unequivocally indicates his ignorance regarding the illicit ganja concea....