Cr.M.P.(M) No. 1224 of 2010 15.11.2010 Present: Ms. Vidushi Sharma, counsel for the petitioner. Mr. Vikas Rathore, Dy. A.G. with Mr. Ramesh Thakur, Asstt. A.G. for the respondent-State. Heard and gone through the record. Present petitioner has been arrested along with one Bhagat Ram in a case, under Section 20 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, registered at Police Station, Karsog, District Mandi, vide FIR No. 188 of 2010. Case of the prosecution is that the present petitioner and his accomplice Bhagat Ram were intercepted by a police during a Nakabandi and 2kg 800 grams charas was recovered on the personal search of petitioner’s accomplice Bhagat Ram. Police apprehended the petitioner and his accomplice when on seeing the police they tried to flee. Since the present petitioner also tried to flee along with his accomplice Bhagat Ram, police suspected that he too was involved in the crime of possession of charas by his accomplice. During interrogation by the police, petitioner and his accomplice are alleged to have stated that they together had been extracting charas for the last 3-4 years. There is no evidence except for the alleged confession by the petitioner and his accomplice Bhagat Ram that both of them had been extracting charas from cannabis plants jointly. In view of the above stated position, particularly to Cr.M.P.(M) No. 1224 of 2010 the fact that nothing was recovered from the search of the petitioner, his prayer for grant of bail is allowed and he is ordered to be released on his furnishing bail bond in the sum of Rs. 20,000/-, with one surety in the like amount, to the satisfaction of Additional Sessions Judge, Mandi. The order is subject to the conditions that the petitioner shall join investigation as, when and where called upon to do so and shall not temper with the prosecution evidence, nor shall he try to win over, influence or browbeat the witnesses. Application is disposed of accordingly. Copy Dasti. (Surjit Singh), J. November 15, 2010, (vs)