Virender Singh, Judge (oral)

Applicant-Rajender Kumar, has filed the present application, under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (hereinafter referred to as the ' BNSS '), with a prayer to release him on bail, during the pendency of the trial, arising out of FIR No.48 of 2025, dated 14.02.2025, registered, under Section 21 of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act (hereinafter

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referred to as the ‘NDPS Act’), with Police Station, Balh, District Mandi, H.P.

2. According to the applicant, he is innocent person and has falsely been implicated by the Police, in this case, for allegedly possessing Chitta/Heroin, weighing 6 grams, whereas, according to the applicant, he has no concern whatsoever with the contraband, so recovered.

3. The investigation, in the present case, is stated to have been completed and the charge sheet has been filed in the competent Court of law.

4. The applicant has also mentio