SUMIT KUMAR Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner has been arrested in connection with FIR No.48/2022 of Police Station Talwara, Distt. Hanumangarh for the offence punishable under Sec. 8/21 of NDPS Act. He has preferred this bail application under Sec. 439 Cr.P.C.

(2.) Counsel for the petitioner submits that the recovered contraband is below commercial quantity and no other criminal case has been registered against the petitioner. The accused-petitioner is in judicial custody and the trial of the case will take sufficient long time to be concluded. Therefore, the benefit of bail should be granted to the accused-petitioner.

(3.) Learned Public Prosecutor has opposed the bail application. Having regard to the totality of the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it just and proper to grant bail to the accused petitioner under Sec. 439 Cr.P.C.