ORDER

1. By way of filing present criminal miscellaneous petition under Section 482, Cr.P.C., the petitioner has prayed that FIR No.0109/2020 lodged at P.S. Bassi, District Chittorgarh and investigation initiated pursuant thereto may be quashed and set aside to the extent it relates to the present petitioner.

2. Briefly stated facts of the case are that on 01.10.2020, the contraband (opium) weighing 29kg 850gms was recovered by Investigating Agency from the conscious possession of co-accused Keshu Ram Banjara, Gopal Dhakkar and Pintu Banjara.

3. The co-accused Gopal Dhakkar during interrogation, disclosed the name of the present petitioner under Section 27 of the Evidence Act.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case, solely on the basis of the statements of co-accused Gopal Dhakkar. Learned counsel vehemently submitted that there is no iota of evidence available on record which could connect him with the alleged recovery of contraband, therefore, investigation qua him is nothing but an abuse of process of law and deserves to be quashed and set aside.

5. Per contra, learned Public Prosecutor submitted that during inv