JUDGMENT :

SANJAY KAROL, J.

Leave granted.

2. The present appeal has been filed against impugned judgment and order dated 15.10.2025 in CRM-M No. 46383 of 2025 (O&M) passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, whereby the respondent herein came to be released on regular bail in connection with FIR No. 06 dated 10.01.2024 registered under Section 21(c)/29/61 and 85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985¹[Hereinafter ‘NDPS Act’.].

Brief Facts

3. The case set up in the subject FIR against the accused persons is that on 10.01.2024, the police had set-up a check point at the bridge on Canal Road, Village Veeram, and were conducting a check of the vehicles passing. Upon seeing the police party, a car (Mahindra XUV 300) bearing registration No. UP-15-DD-6521 attempted to flee, however the car got switched off and stopped on the katcha side of the road. Upon enquiry, the driver of the vehicle identified himself as Gurjit Singh @ Geetu and the other occupant stated his name as Sukhwinder Singh @ Gora. Since no satisfactory response was received qua the papers of the the car, the police suspected presence of intoxicant material in their possession.

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