ORDER :

1. By way of present petition filed under S. 439 CrPC, bail petitioner, Madan Lal, has approached this Court, for grant of regular bail in FIR No. 376, dated 27.12.2019 under Ss. 8, 20, 25 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and S. 181 of Motor Vehicles Act registered at Police Station Sadar, District Kullu, Himachal Pradesh.

2. Respondent State has filed status report, perusal whereof reveals that on 27.12.2019, vehicle bearing registration No. HP34D-4317, Alto car, coming from Bhunter side was stopped for checking by police at 1.30 pm, near Kota Dhar. Since driver and other occupants of the car got perplexed on seeing the police, police deemed it necessary to effect search of vehicle and the occupants, as such, after associating independent witnesses, police effected search of the vehicle and its occupants and allegedly recovered one rucksack kept under front seat, containing 1.695 kg Charas. Since occupants of the car were unable to render any explanation qua the possession of the aforesaid commercial quantity of the contraband, police after registration of FIR, arrested the accused on 27.12.2019 and since then, all the accused are behind the bars.