Panchkula, June 10 -- A local court has dismissed the anticipatory bail application of a 29-year-old Yamunanagar resident, accused of illegally transporting Khair wood.

The accused, Mustfa, was booked under Sections 317(2) (dishonestly receiving or retaining stolen property) and 303(2) (theft) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Sector 7 police station on January 21.

The case was registered after police recovered 22 logs of Khair wood from an abandoned Haryana-registered loading vehicle whose driver had fled the spot.

Unexplained delay of 4 months, argues defence

The petitioner's counsel argued that Mustfa had been implicated in the case after an unexplained delay of four months and 10 days and that there was no direct evidence li...