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Accused Nos.1 to 3 in NCB Crime No.48/1/24/2023, registered by NCB, Bengaluru Zonal limit, Bengaluru for the offence punishable under Section 8(c) R/w Section 22(c), 27, 27(A), 28, 29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short, 'the NDPS Act'), are before this Court seeking regular bail in these three petitions.

2. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the parties and also perused the material available on record.

3. Credible information was allegedly received by the Intelligence Officer of NCB, Bengaluru at about 10.30 a.m, on 20.06.2023 to the effect that a parcel bearing No.ET586713424IN sent from Coimbatore was available in Marathahalli Colony Sub Post Office, Bengaluru which was suspects to contain drugs. The information report under Section 42 of the NDPS Act was recorded and upon constituting a team, the NCB officers had gone to the Sub Post Office at Marathahalli Colony and requested the Postmaster to handover the aforesaid postal parcel. After receiving the suspected parcel from the Postmaster, the officers cut open the same and found that plastic pouch covered with silver foil containing 50 numbers of LSD blots which totally weighed 0.560 grams was inside the parcel which was addressed to accused No.3 -Junaid Hussain Haveri, Villa No.14, AVR Nakshatra Villa, Hanuman Reddy Layout, Chinnapanahalli, Bengaluru-37. The contraband article found in the parcel was seized under panchanama and thereafter a requisition was given to Postmaster to depute one of the postman to deliver dummy parcel and accordingly, on 20.06.2023 at about 5.00 p.m, a postman took the dummy parcel and delivered the same to accused No.3 at the address mentioned in the parcel. Immediately, NCB officers apprehended him and took him to custody.

4. On the basis of voluntary statement made by accused No.3 - Junaid Hussain Haveri, NCB officers took him along with them with a instruction to deliver the same to accused No.2 - Abhay Kumar, who allegedly had booked the parcel in the name of accused No.3 - Junaid Hussain Haveri. Accordingly, the NCB officers and Junaid Hussain Haveri went to Indian Institute of Management hostel at Bengaluru and when accused No.2 - Abhay Kumar came out of the hostel to collect the dummy parcel, the NCB officers apprehended him and on enquiry, accused No.2 allegedly revealed that he had booked parcel at the instance of accused No.1 - Ayush Borse and had given the address of accused No.3 for the purpose of delivery of parcel. Subsequently, accused No.2 was taken to the place of accused No.1 - Ayush Borse and even accused No.1 was apprehended by the NCB officers and on enquiry, he had admitted that he had booked the parcel containing contraband article LSD blots through telegram from a person called Swapnil Joshi and address for delivery was given by accused No.2 who was known to him. He also stated that at his request payments were made to Swapnil Joshi by accused Nos.2 through crypto currency as accused No.1 did not have crypto currency account. After recording voluntary statement of all the 3 accused persons, who were apprehended by the NCB officers, the arrest procedure was complied by the NCB officers and thereafter, they were produced before the Trial Court on 23.06.2023 and remanded to judicial custody. The bail applications filed by accused Nos.1 to 3 before the Court of XXXIII Addl. City Civil & Sessions Judge & Special Judge (NDPS), Bengaluru was rejected in Crl.Misc.No.6714/2023 dated 01.08.2023, Crl.Misc.No.6175/2023 dated 28.07.2023 and Crl.Misc.No.6061/2023 dated 27.07.2023 respectively. It is under these circumstances, the petitioners are before this Court.