JUDGMENT

Meenakshi I. Mehta, J. - Feeling aggrieved by the order dated 19.02.2021 handed down by learned Additional Sessions Judge (while exercising the powers of the Judge, Special Court at Kapurthala) whereby the application preferred by the present appellant as well as his co-accused namely Sukhjinder Singh @ Bittu, Mohit Sharma@ Lacchi, Mangal Singh @ Mangal and Lovepreet Singh @ Love @ Dhillon under Section 167(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code (for short ‘the Cr.P.C.’) claiming default bail, has been dismissed, the appellant has preferred the instant appeal.

2. Bereft of unnecessary details, the facts, culminating in the appeal in hand, are that on 07.05.2020, a formal FIR bearing No.140 was registered against the appellant and his afore-named co-accused and also one Baljinder Singh at Police Station Sultanpur Lodhi District Kapurthala, under Sections 384,465,467,468,471,473,489 IPC and Section 25 of the Arms Act as well as Sections 13/18 of the Unlawful Activity Prevention Act, 1967(for short “the UAP Act”) wherein the offences under Sections 120-B, 482, 121, 121-A, 122 IPC and Section 19 of the UAP Act are stated to have been added later-on. The appellant was arrested on 08.0