JUDGMENT :

Arvind Singh Sangwan, J.

Prayer in this petition is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in a case registered under Section 135 of the Customs Act, 1962 (in short 'the Act').

2. Brief facts of the case are that vide Panchnama dated 22.03.2019, the Customs and Central Excise Department, recovered one gold bar weighing 999.50 grams from a bus bearing No.PB02-CR-3991, which was used to carry passengers arriving from Dubai through Indigo Airlines. The authorities, thereafter, apprehended one Sahib Singh, the driver of the bus and recorded his stated on 22.03.2019 in which he has stated that the abovesaid 01 Kg gold bar was handed over to him by a passenger, who had arrived from Dubai and he did not know his name but he can recognize him. It was further stated that the same was to be collected by one Pardeep Saini working as Assistant Manager (Fire Service) in Airport Authority. Thereafter, Pardeep Saini was apprehended and in his statement, he admitted that Sahib Singh had to deliver the 01 Kg. gold bar to him and even on earlier three occasions, the same was given to him. He further stated that the same was to be further delivered to one Narayan Sharma. Thereafter,