1. Accused no.3 in Special Case No.1802 of 2022
pending before the Court of XXXIII Additional City Civil &
Session Judge and Special Judge (NDPS), Bangalore(CCH
No.33) arising out of O.R.No.62/2021-22 registered by the
Inspector of Customs, Customs Intelligence Unit, Bangalore for
offences punishable under Section 8(c) R/w Sections 22, 23, 28
and 29 of the NDPS Act is before this Court in this petition filed
under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 seeking regular bail.
2. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the parties.
3. It is the case of the prosecution that the
complainant, who is the Customs Officer had received credible
information on 15.02.2022 that there are concealments in two
shipments, which were lying in the office of M/s. Fedex Express
Transportation and Supply Chain Services India Pvt. Ltd.,
bearing tracking No.775141235765 dated 08.11.2021 from
Brussels, Belgium and 815156427306 dated 21.01.2022 from
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Chipata, Zambia, which were addressed to Thulasiraman with a
declaration as “Half Shaft for Weaving Machines” and “Bed
Sheets, Hand Bag, Watch, Clothes”. Accused Nos.1 and 2 had
arrived in the office of M/s. Fedex Express Transportation and
Supply Chain Services India Pvt. Ltd., claiming that the said
two shipments belong to them and they had produced print out
of the copies of the above referred Airway bills, tracking
numbers and when the above referred shipments were opened,
it was found that the same contained contraband article
allegedly MDMA weighing 4.581 kilograms and contraband
article allegedly heroin weighing 1.002 kilograms. Accused
Nos.1 and 2 who had arrived in the courier office for the
purpose of collecting the aforesaid shipments were arrested
and contraband article found in the shipment were seized under
panchanama and subsequently, said accused were arrested and
were produced before the jurisdictional Court and remanded to
judicial custody. Based on the confession statement of accused
nos.1 and 2 who were arrested in the present case, the
petitioner was arraigned as accused no.3 in the present case
and he was subsequently, arrested on 19.02.2022 and
remanded to judicial custody. After completing investigation,
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complaint was filed as against accused nos.1 to 3 for the
aforesaid offences. Bail application filed by the petitioner before
the trial Court in Crl.Misc.No.10632 of 2025 was rejected on
12.12.2025. It is under these circumstances, he is before this
Court.
