Judgment

Mr. Jasjit Singh Bedi, J.

The prayer in the present petition under Section 438 Cr.P.C is for the grant of anticipatory bail in case bearing FIR No.143 dated 18.06.2023 registered under Sections 21 (c), 22(c) and 25 of the NDPS Act at Police Station Munak, Karnal, Haryana.

2. The brief facts of the case are that while the police party was on patrolling duty, secret information was received that Pardeep son of Narinder who used to sell intoxicating medicines would be coming from Village Munak to his sister’s house at Bal Ragdan. In case, a Nakabandi was set up, he could be apprehended.

3. Based on the aforementioned information, the petitioner came to be apprehended. The recovery of 240 strips each strips 50 tablets i.e. 12000 tablets of Alprazolam tablets and 70 MTP kits came to be recovered from him.

4. During the course of the investigation, Pradeep revealed that he had purchased the said intoxicating tablets from Mohammad Rayyan Ansari (petitioner) resident of Arora Medical Store. In pursuance to the disclosure statement, raids were conducted at the premises of Arora Medical, Shop No.46, District Council Market, Muzzafarnagar (UP) and at House No.1005/1, K Rehmat Nagar, Sou