{1} IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.206 OF 2010 Sunil Machindra Chemte (Vanjari) & Another APPLICANTS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra RESPONDENT ....... Mr.Mahesh S.Deshmukh, Advocate for applicants Mr.N.B.Patil, APP for respondent State ....... [CORAM : A.V.POTDAR, J.] DATE: 1st February 2010 PER COURT: 1. This is an application by which the applicants have prayed to release them on bail in connection with CR No.82/2009 registered with Shirpur police station for an offence punishable u/s 20 (1) (a) and 22 (c) of the NDPS Act. 2. The applicants are arrested from a vehicle, which was intercepted by the police on 04.12.2009 and during the search 80 kg Ganja was recovered. Considering the quantity of contraband recovered, which is more than small quantity, described in the Act and after perusing the record, which shows that after complying {2} with the mandatory provisions, the vehicle was intercepted and search was conducted, the submissions of the applicants that they were passengers of the said vehicle from where contraband was seized and they were not in conscious possession of the same, cannot be accepted, at least at this stage as the investigation is still in progress. In the premise, there are no merits in the application and accordingly the same is dismissed. [A.V.POTDAR, J.] drp/A10/criapln206-10