JUDGEMENT/ORDER :

Bail App. No. 145/2020

1. Through the medium of the instant petition, the petitioner seeks bail in crime Case No. 59/2020 for offences under Sections 8/15/29/60 of (NDPS) Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, (for short, 'NDPS Act'), arising out of FIR No. 570/2019, dated 02.12.2019.

2. According to the prosecution case on 02.12.2019 Police Station, Udhampur received an information from reliable sources that one truck bearing Registration No. JK03D-7707 loaded with apple boxes has beneath the said boxes concealed Poppy straw like substances being transported from Srinagar to Punjab and that upon receipt of the said information FIR No. 570/2019 for offences under Sections 8/15 NDPS Act came to be registered and that the investigating officer accompanied with Executive Magistrate, Udhampur, intercepted the said truck at Jakhani Chowk, Udhampur and recovered 15 plastic bags carrying 365 kgs of Poppy straw which were hidden under the apple boxes and upon inquiry, the driver disclosed his name as Sunil Kumar S/o Dharam Paul R/o Gandhi Cam Jalandhar (Punjab).

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