Order :

(KULDEEP MATHUR, J.)

This second application for bail under Section 483 BNSS has been filed by the petitioner who has been arrested in connection with FIR No.358/2021 registered at Police Station Kudi Bhagtasni, Jodhpur City West, for offences under Section 8/18 and 28 of the NDPS Act.

2. Learned counsel submitted that as per the prosecution, acting upon a secret information, during nakabandi, on 11.10.2021, a team of Police Station Kudi Bhagtasani, apprehended a Tempo having registration No.RJ-14-TD-8699 which was being driven by the petitioner. On search being made, the team recovered contraband (opium) weighing 12.390 Kgs and some other powdered scentless substance weighing 2.100 Kgs.The petitioner 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 11.10.2021. He further submitted that till date, out of total 20 cited prosecution witnesses, only 6 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 submi