ORDER :

1. Bail petitioner, namely, Kesse Gerald, who is a foreign national and is behind the bars since 4.2.2021, has approached this Court for grant of regular bail in case FIR No. 22 of 2021, dated 30.1.2021, under Sections 20, 21 and 29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (in short ‘NDPS Act’) and under Section 14 of Foreigner Act registered at Police Station Bhuntar, District Kullu, Himachal Pradesh.

2. Pursuant to notice issued in the instant proceedings, respondent-State has filed the status report, perusal whereof reveals that on 3.2.2021 police party, while on patrolling duty near TCP Bajora, District Kullu, (HP) stopped a car bearing Registration No. HP-34C-0671 for checking, Occupants of the car, six in number, got perplexed after having seen the police, as such, police deemed it necessary to effect personal search of the car and its occupants. After having associated independent witnesses, police conducted search and recovered one polythene bag from the dash board of the car containing 55 grams Heroine/Chitta. After completion of necessary codal formalities, police lodged FIR against the occupants of the car, namely, Jayant Sharma and Karan Sharma and arrest