(1.) The petitioner has been arrested in connection with FIR No. 223/2019 of Police Station Pratapgarh, District Pratapgarh, for the offence punishable under Sec. 8/15 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. 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 vehemently opposed the bail application.