ORDER :

Petitioner is an accused in case registered vide FIR No. 137 of 2021, dated 29.12.2021, at Police Station, Dharampur, District Solan, H.P. under Sections 22 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, Act 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’).

2. Petitioner has approached this Court for grant of bail under Section 439 Cr.P.C., in above noted case, on the grounds that he is innocent and has nothing to do with the case. It is stated that no contraband was recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. As per petitioner, Ajay Kumar was driving the vehicle, his wife Avneet Aulokh was sitting with him and on rear seats, Savita Thakur, Himanshu Sahotra and the petitioner were sitting. The occupants of the vehicle were produced before the Incharge, Police Station, Dharampur. The informant, Gurinder Singh also came there and disclosed that the girl (Savita Thakur) was being taken forcibly by the petitioner. Savita Thakur also raised suspicion that the petitioner might have some intoxicants with him. During personal search of the accused persons namely Ajay, Himanshu and the petitioner, nothing was recovered. The police is stated to have recovered contraband from Avnee