Crl.O.P.No.11605 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED :02.09.2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE Dr.JUSTICE G.JAYACHANDRAN Crl.O.P.No.11605 of 2025 Ritesh M/age 30 years S/o Pandi Rajavel Nagar, Varasanaadu, Aandipatti Taluk Theni District. ..Petitioner/Accused /versus/ State rep.by its Inspector of Police NIB CID Police Station Coimbatore (Cr.No.18 of 2020) ..Respondent/Complainant PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to enlarge the petitioner on bail in connection with the C.C.No.86 of 2022 on the file of the Additional District Judge/Presiding Officer, Special Court for Essential Commodities Act cases at Coimbatore District). For Petitioner :Mr.D.Padmanabhan For Respondent :Mr.A.Gopinath Government Advocate (Crl. Side) O R D E R The petitioner, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 13.03.2023 for the offences under Sections 8(c) r/w 20(b)(ii)(C), 27A and 29(1) of NDPS Act, 1985 in Crime No.18 of 2020 on the file of the 1/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.11605 of 2025 respondent police, seeks anticipatory bail. 2.The case of the prosecution is that the petitioner is the third accused in connection with seizure of 48 kgrms of ganja. 3.The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is an innocent and he has been falsely implicated in this case. The learned counsel further submitted that the other accused has already been granted bail. 4.However, this Court, on considering the quantity of contraband alleged to have been seized from the petitioner and the counter filed by the respondent, dismisses the petition with a direction to the trial Court to take up the trial, out of turn and complete it, as expeditiously as possible. 02.09.2025 ari To 2/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.11605 of 2025 1.The Additional District Judge, Special Court for Essential Commodities Act (EC Judge) of Coimbatore. 2.The Inspector of Police, NIB CID Police Station, Coimbatore. 3.The Centrl Prison, Coimbatore. 4.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras. Dr.G.JAYACHANDRAN, J. 3/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.11605 of 2025 ari Crl.O.P.No.11605 of 2025 02.09.2025 4/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis