JUDGMENT :

1. Keeping in view the Pandemic (COVID-19), the case is taken up through video conferencing.

2. Heard Mr. Rajiv Lochan Shukla, learned counsel for the applicant and Mr. Virendra Kumar Maurya, learned Additional Government Advocate assisted by Mr. Prashant Kumar Singh, learned Brief holder appearing on behalf of State of U.P. through video conferencing and perused the material placed on record.

3. By means of this application, the applicant, who is involved in Case Crime No. 0532 of 2020, under sections 8/20 of Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, police station Jhunsi, district Prayagraj, is seeking enlargement on bail during the pendency of trial.

Facts

4. In nutshell, the facts which led to the prosecution of accused are that on 23.6.2020 informant (Sub Inspector Ranendra Kumar Singh, UP S.T.F. field Unit Prayagraj) lodged First Information Report at police station Jhusi, District Prayagraj against four accused persons, namely, Dhiraj Kumar Shukla (applicant), Praveen Maurya alias Punit Maurya, Dhiraj Maurya and Rishabh Kumar alleging inter alia that on 23.6.2020, he along with other police personnel were busy in the city area for collecting information regarding i