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. As per bail application and the response of the State, one more case under Section 447 & 427 IPC is pending against the petitioner.

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 ASI Shishpal, learned counsel appearing for State opposes the bail and submits that the petitioner has criminal antecedents and the drug menace is spreading rapidly, and bail encourages the drug peddlers.

REASONING:

5. The quantity allegedly involved is 20 grams of heroin (Diacetyl morphine), which is less than commercial quantity