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 has come up before this Court under Section 438 CrPC seeking anticipatory bail.

2. In paragraph 16 of the petition, it is declared that the accused has no criminal history.

3. Ld. Counsel for the petitioner contends that the custodial investigation would serve no purpose whatsoever, and the pre-trial incarceration would cause an irreversible injustice to the petitioner and family.

4. On instructions from the Investigating Officer, learned counsel appearing for State opposes the bail and submits that grant of bail encourages the drug peddlers, and the drug menace is spreading day by day. He has further submitted that in case this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner, then State be given liberty to seek cancellation of bail