ORDER :

(KULDEEP MATHUR, J.)

This application for bail under Section 483 BNSS (439 Cr.P.C.) has been filed by the petitioner who has been arrested in connection with F.I.R. No.77/2023 registered at Police Station Gangrar, Dist. Chittorgarh, for the offences under Sections 8/18 ofNDPS 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 in the present case, contraband (opium) weighing 1.700 Kgs, 1.500 Kgs and 1.500 Kgs. was recovered from the conscious possession of co-accused persons namely Smt. Jyoti @ Jyoti, Smt. Shanti Bai and Smt. Manorama Bai. Learned counsel submitted that all the above named co-accused persons have already been enlarged on bail by this Court vide order dated 26.04.2023 on the ground that the contraband recovered from their conscious possession is below commercial quantity.

4. Drawing attention of the Court towards the challan papers, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that co-accused Smt. Jyoti @ Jyoti in the disclosure statements recorded under Section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act divulged an information that she had procured the c