having been received by the officials of the DRI on 8.3.2008, a truck bearing no. PB11-W-5237 was intercepted near the Traffic Lights of Sahnewal on Khanna-Ludhiana Road which was coming towards Ludhiana from Patiala. After interception, the said truck was brought to Transport Nagar, Ludhiana. There, its driver, namely, Jaspal Singh was supposed to meet the owner of the goods loaded in the truck for further directions. In the meantime, two persons came at the spot in a vehicle bearing registration no. CH-23(T)-4959 and approached towards the said truck. When the officials of the DRI made an attempt to apprehend them, one person, managed to escape, whereas the petitioner -Amardeep Singh was the other person, who was apprehended at the spot. He disclosed the name of the person, who escaped, as Ranjit Singh Sangha alias Bittoo son of Gurmeet Singh, resident of Canada, with local address as V.& P.O. Langri, District Hoshiarpur. On search of the truck, 232 kgs. and 237 grams of Ephedrine packed in ten gunny bags which were marked to contain `citric acid' was recovered. These bags were kept along with the bags of grocery items. On the basis of the information supposedly given by the petitioner and driverJaspal Singh, the officials of the DRI conducted search and seizure operation in Hotel Grand Park, Patiala and found that one Harjinder Singh (co-accused), who has since been released on bail pursuant to the provisions of Section 167(2) of the Cr.P.C., was staying there in a room from where Rs.2,91,300/- along with five mobile phones, one sim card and 1837 kgs. of Ephedrine were recovered. The statement of Harjinder Singh was recorded and similarly, the statement of the truck driver was also recorded. It was
