JUDGMENT :

MANISHA BATRA, J. 

1. The instant one is the second petition that has been filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, is for grant of regular bail to him in case arising out of FIR No. 239 dated 12.07.2024, registered under Sections 15(c) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) at Police Station Civil Lines, Jind, District Jind. His previous petition was dismissed by this Court on 07.08.2025.

2. The petitioner has been facing trial in the aforementioned case on the allegations that he along with the co-accused Sinderpal Singh @ Sinder had procured the recovered contraband from Jharkhand, which was subsequently recovered from the house of said co-accused on 12.07.2024.

3. It is argued by learned counsel for the petitioner that he has been falsely implicated in this case. He is in custody for a period of 01 year, 08 months and 07 days. There is prolonged pendency of the trial in the present case, and there is no likelihood of its conclusion in the near future, particularly as only one out of total twenty one prosecution witnesses has been examined so far. Trial has also not progressed