CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER

5 09-01-2026 Heard the learned Advocate for the petitioner and the learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks regular bail, who is in custody in connection with N.D.P.S. Case No. 43 of 2021, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 8 / 20(b)(ii)(c) of the N.D.P.S. Act .

3. This is the second attempt made on behalf of the petitioner, as earlier the prayer for bail of the petitioner along with one co-accused Gobind was negated by this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 56534 of 2021 vide order dated 17.10.2022, after taking into consideration that the petitioner along with co- accused was apprehended; who were carrying consignment in a truck from Ramgarh (Jharkhand) and the same was to be handed over to one Hakim Singh at Agra (Uttar Pradesh). In course of search, 180 Kg ganja was recovered.

4. Learned Advocate for the petitioner, at the outset, submits that the prayer for bail of the petitioner was rejected on merit and, as such, he is not making any such submission touching about the merit of the case. However, certain subsequent development has taken place, inasmuch as, co- accused Gobind, in the meanwhile, had approached