JUDGMENT :

RAJEEV BHARTI, J.

1. Heard Shri Ayodhya Prasad Mishra, learned counsel for the applicant, learned Additional Government Advocate for the state, and pursued the record.

2. The present bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant with the prayer to release him on bail during trial in F.I.R./Case Crime No. 1 of 2025, under sections 8/20/29 N.D.P.S. Act, Police Station-N.C.B., District- Lucknow, during pendency of trial.

3. As per the prosecution case, the contraband substance i.e., 11 kg of charas is said to be recovered from the possession of the co-accused.

4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and that he has been falsely implicated in the present case. The applicant is not named in the FIR nor in the recovery memo and his name has surfaced in the statement of arrested accused recorded under Section 67 of the N.D.P.S. Act.

5. In support of his submissions, learned counsel for the applicant has placed reliance upon the judgement of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Tofan Singh vs. State of Tamilnadu , (2021) 4 SCC 1 and Sujit Tiwari vs. State of Gujarat and another , (2020) 13 SCC 447.

6. It is further submitted that the applicant