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.155/2024 registered at Police Station Hindumalkot, Dist. Sri Ganganagar, for the offences under Sections 8/21 and 25 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 the contraband (Heroin) weighing 2.37 Kgs. was recovered from the conscious possession of co-accused persons namely Sandeep Singh @ CP and Balvindra Singh. Co-accused Balvinder Singh in the information divulged by him under Section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act stated that about two months prior to the date of recovery, he along with another co-accused Kuldeep Singh had kept the recovered contraband with the present petitioner.

4. Learned counsel submitted that apart from the disclosure statement of co-accused persons, there is no direct/ circumstantial evidence available on record indicating involvement of the present petitioner in commission of the alleged crime.

5. Lastly, learned counsel submitted that the petitione