(1.) Through the instant petition, the petitioner, who has clean antecedents, craves for indulgence of this Court for him being enlarged on regular bail, in case FIR No.221 dtd. 1/11/2023, under Ss. 22, 29 of the N.D.P.S. Act, 1985, registered at P.S. Sadar Fazilka, District Fazilka. ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE PETITIONER
(2.) Succinctly stated, on 1/11/2023, 12000 tablets of Tramadol Hydrochloride were recovered from co-accused Gagandeep Singh and Kulwant Singh (petitioner's father). Thereafter, on the basis of disclosure statement of co-accused (supra), not only another 16500 tablets were recovered, but, co-accused Satpal Singh was also arrayed as accused in the present case, inasmuch as, the co-accused (supra) made disclosure that they had procured the recovered contraband from Jodhpur, Rajasthan, with the assistance of co-accused Satpal Singh, who contacted one Ashok @ Harry and delivered the recovered tablets to them. What constituted the backbone for the petitioner becoming arrayed as an accused in the present case, was the disclosure statement of co-accused Satpal Singh, wherein, he disclosed that the payment for procuring the recovered contraband was made by the petitioner to co-accused Ashok @ Harry. SUBMISSIONS OF LEARNED COUNSEL FOR THE PETITIONER
(3.) The learned counsel for the petitioner, in his asking for the hereinabove extracted relief, has made the following submissions:-