JUDGMENT :

RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J.

1. Prayer in the instant petition filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.66 dated 07.05.2024 registered under Sections 15/61/85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, at Police Station City Khanna, District Ludhiana.

2. Brief facts of the present case as per the prosecution are that on 07.05.2024, SI Jaswinder Singh, along with his fellow police officials was on patrolling duty and on suspicion, intercepted a truck which was occupied by the petitioner and one Sukhdev Singh. Upon checking the said truck, 100 kg. of poppy husk was recovered. Hence, the present FIR.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case and he has no concern with the said offence. He further contends that mandatory provisions of the NDPS Act were not complied with at the time of alleged search and seizure. He argued that recovery of alleged contraband has already been effected and nothing more is to be recovered from him. He further argued that the petitioner is a mere driver of the truck and not t