(1.) The petitioner under arrest for violating the provisions as mentioned above of Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act), as per the FIR captioned above, has come up before this Court under Sec. 439 CrPC seeking bail on the ground that the quantity of contraband is less than commercial and rigours of S. 37 of NDPS Act do not apply.
(2.) In paragraph 13 of the bail petition, the accused declares that he has no criminal antecedents.
(3.) The petitioner is under arrest for possessing 860 grams of charas.