Order :

1. This second application for bail under Section 483 of BNS (439 Cr.P.C.) has been filed by the petitioner who has been arrested in connection with FIR No.334/2021 registered at Police Station Pilibanga, District Hanumangarh, for offences under Sections 8/22 of the NDPS Act .

2. Learned counsel submitted that as per the prosecution, during routine patrolling, on 24.08.2021, a team of Police Station Pilibanga recovered 2500 tablets of U-CET Tramadol Tablets BP 100 Mg weighing 1375 gms, from the conscious possession of the present petitioner. He was arrested on the spot.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. Learned counsel submitted that the petitioner is in judicial custody since 24.08.2021. He further submitted that till date, out of total 14 cited prosecution witnesses, only 7 prosecution witnesses have been examined before competent Criminal Court. He further submitted that the delay in trial is not at all attributable to the petitioner. He submitted that the petitioner is in judicial custody since last more than 3 years 6 months and looking to the pace at which trial is being conducted against the pr