- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:13353 CRL.P No. 747 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 27TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 747 OF 2025 BETWEEN: SRI OBINNA FRANCIS OKOLI, S/O OKOLI, AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, R/AT ITHIALA LAGOS, NIGERIA PIN - 100 001. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. BASAVARAJU T A., ADVOCATE) AND: UNION OF INDIA, BY THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, DIRECTORATE OF REVENUE INTELLIGENCE, BENGALURU ZONAL UNIT, NO. 8(2) OPP. BDA COMPEX, HBR LAYOUT KALYANAGARA POST, KALYANAGAR POST, BENGALURU - 560 043. REPRESENTED BY SPECIAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ADVOCATES OFFICE, HIGH COURT BUILDING, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BENGALURU - 560 001. …RESPONDENT (BY SRI.MADHU N RAO., ADVOCATE) Digitally signed by KAVYA R Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:13353 CRL.P No. 747 of 2025 THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 439 CR.PC BY THE ADVOCATE FOR THE PETITIONER PRAYING THAT THIS HONOURABLE COURT MAY BE PLEASED TO ENLARGE THEM ON BAIL IN NCB CASE IN F.NO.DRI/BZU/S-IV/ENQ-47/(INT-NIL)/2023 OF DRI FOR AN OFFENCE U/S 8(c), 21(c), 23(c), 28 AND 29 O F NDPS ACT, WHICH IS PENDING ON THE FILE OF HONBLE XXXIII ADDL. CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE AND SPECIAL JUDGE (NDPS) AT BANGALORE CITY IN SPL.C.NO.962/2024. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S VISHWAJITH SHETTY ORAL ORDER Learned Counsel for the petitioner after arguing the matter for some time submits that petitioner who is a foreigner is in custody from 15.12.2023 onwards. Trial in the case is already commenced and one witness has been partially examined. He submits that the petition may be dismissed as not pressed with a direction to the trial Court to expedite the trial in the case and dispose off the case on merits within a time frame. 2. Learned Counsel appearing for respondent who has filed his statement of objections does not seriously dispute the submission made by the learned Counsel for the petitioner and he submits that if six months time is - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:13353 CRL.P No. 747 of 2025 granted efforts shall be made to examine all the remaining witnesses before the trial Court. He submits that only 10 charge sheet witnesses are cited in the present case. 3. Submission made on both sides placed on record. 4. Petition is dismissed as not pressed and the trial Court is requested to expedite the trial and dispose off the main case as expeditiously as possible but not later than a period of six months from the next date of hearing before the trail Court. Sd/- (S VISHWAJITH SHETTY) JUDGE KVR List No.: 1 Sl No.: 27