JUDGMENT :

DINESH KUMAR SINGH, J.

1. This bail application under Section 439 Cr.P.C. has been filed seeking bail in FIR No. 0337 of 2020 under Section 8/20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1985 (for short N.D.P.S. Act), Police Station Antoo, District Pratapgarh.

2. As per the prosecution story, on 16.07.2020, the Station House Officer, Mr. Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Police Station Antoo, Pratapgarh along with other members of his team was checking suspicious vehicles and wanted criminals. He received an information/input from in-charge S.O.G. that some illegal articles were suspected to be delivered in the area of the police station under his jurisdiction. On this information, checking points were alerted and the personnel posted there, were directed to check vehicles with alertness and alacrity. On specific inputs regarding two vehicles, the police party reached at the place where these vehicles were parked and, some articles were being downloaded from truck. The police party noticed that sacks were being transferred from truck to dicky of the car standing there. These vehicles were encircled by the police team and five people present in those vehicles who tried to flee