JUDGMENT :

Anoop Chitkara, J.

1. The petitioner under arrest for violating the provisions as mentioned above of Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act), per the FIR captioned above, has come up before this Court under Section 439 CrPC seeking bail on the ground that the quantity of contraband is less than commercial and rigours of S. 37 of NDPS Act do not apply.

2. As per bail application and the response of the State, the petitioner has following criminal history :

3. Ld. Counsel for the petitioner contends that the pre-trial incarceration would cause an irreversible injustice to the petitioner and family.

4. Ld. counsel appearing for State opposes because the petitioner has criminal antecedents and submits that grant of bail encourages the drug peddlers, and the drug menace is spreading day by