Order :

KULDEEP MATHUR, J.

1. This application for bail under Section 483 BNSS has been filed by the petitioner who has been arrested in connection with F.I.R. No.77/2022 registered at Police Station Chhatargarh, District Bikaner for offences under Sections 8/15 & 29 of NDPS Act.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Public Prosecutor. Perused the material available on record.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that co-accused Poonam Chand @ Prakash Chand has already been enlarged on bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 30.08.2024 passed in Criminal Misc. 2^nd Bail Application No.6710/2024. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted that the case of present petitioner is not distinguishable from that of co-accused Poonam Chand @ Prakash Chand, who has already been enlarged on bail. The petitioner is in judicial custody and the trial of the case will take sufficiently long time, therefore, the benefit of bail should be granted to the accused-petitioner.

4. Per Contra, learned Public Prosecutor has opposed the bail application and submitted that looking to the seriousness of allegations levelled against the present petitioner,