ORDER The petitioner seeks post-arrest bail in case F.I.R. No. 353 of 2012, dated 24.07.2012, for offence under Section 9(c) of the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997 registered at Police Station Pirwadhai, Rawalpindi.
2. Precisely, the allegation against the petitioner is that he possessed Charas-garda weighing 1250 grains when apprehended by the police on 24.07.2012.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation against the petitioner is false and mentioned contraband substance has been planted upon him; the case of the petitioner is on a border line nature, therefore he may be granted the relief prayed for.
4. On the other hand, learned D.P.G, opposed the grant of bail b contending that the petitioner is a previous convict and for an identical charg besides, being involved in five other cases of identical nature.
5. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and perusin the record it is observed that the petitioner is a previous convict in case F.I. No. 16/2007, dated 20.08.2007, under Section 9(c) of the Control of Narcoti Substances Act, 1997, registered at Police Station R.D. A.N.F., Rawalpindi. H was handed down a sentence of 4 years' R.I. And fine of Judge ANF, Rawalpindi vide judgment dated 12.08.2009. The offence, the petitioner is confronted wi is hit by an embargo of Section 51 of the Control of Narcotic Substances Ac 1997 as well as by Section 497, Cr.P.C. It is not a fit case for grant of bai which stands dismissed.