JUDGMENT

Anoop Chitkara, J.

1. The petitioner apprehending arrest in the FIR captioned above has come up before this Court under Section 438 CrPC seeking anticipatory bail.

2. In paragraph 14 of the bail petition, the accused declares the following criminal antecedents:

3. Based on a secret information, the police recovered 580 boxes of liquor from the container of a parked truck and apprehended one Shahid Ali, who during interrogation named the petitioner as the owner of liquor.

4. 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.

5. While opposing the bail, Ld. counsel representing the State contends that given the criminal past, the accused is likely to indulge in crime once released on bail.

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