JUDGMENT :

Vivek Singh Thakur, J.

1. Petitioner has approached this Court, under Section 438 Cr.P.C., for granting him anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 21 of 2021 dated 11.2.2021, registered under Sections 15, 29, 27A of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (hereinafter in short 'NDPS Act') and Section 212 IPC in Police Station Paonta Sahib, District Sirmaur (H.P.).

2. Status report stands filed wherein it is brought on record that on 2.11.2021, at about 6 AM, on the basis of reliable information that truck No. HP-11-4991 moving towards Banjara Basti huge poppy-straw can be recovered, the said information was transmitted to Sub Divisional Police Officer as provided under Section 42(2) of NDPS Act and police party had rushed towards Banjara Basti where aforesaid truck was found coming towards Satiwala Chowk main road. However, on seeing the PCR van of police, person driving the truck, after parking the truck, had come out from driver side and had fled towards Yamuna river by taking benefit of darkness and dense fog and despite taking help of torch and mobile light, he could not be chased by police officials, and during checking of truck, 8 plastic bags were found in rear por