JUDGMENT :

Anoop Chitkara, J.

1. The petitioner, apprehending arrest for violating the above-mentioned provisions of Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) per the FIR captioned above, had come up before this Court under Section 438 CrPC seeking anticipatory bail.

2. Ld. Counsel for the petitioner seeks bail on the grounds of parity because Special Court, Faridkot vide order dated 09-02-2022, has granted bail to the co-accused- Kiranjeet Singh.

3. Ld. Counsel for the petitioner further contends that the petitioner has been nominated on the basis of the disclosure statement of the main accused, and such statement is legally inadmissible.

4. Ld. Counsel appearing for State opposes the bail and submits that quantity involved is commercial and grant of bail encourages the drug peddlers, and the drug menace is spreading day by day.

REASONING :

4 A. In Inderjeet Singh alias Laddi v. State of Punjab, 2014(3) RCR(Cri) 953, a division bench of