(208) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-36708-2025 (O & M)

Date of Decision:05.02.2026 Mohan ... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Ram Singh Chaudhary, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. T.P. Singh, Sr. DAG, Haryana.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J.

The prayer in this third petition under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) is for the grant of regular bail in case bearing FIR No.132 dated 12.07.2023 under Section 20(ii) C of NDPS Act, 1985 registered at Police Station Bahin, District Palwal.

2. The brief facts of the case are that Mohan (petitioner) was apprehended with 20 kgs. 500 grams of ganja.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. The mandatory provisions of Sections 42 and 50 of the NDPS Act has not been complied with in their proper perspective. No independent witness was joined at the time of search and seizure. He contends that the petitioner is involved in one other case registered against him bearing FIR No.69 dated 03.03.2017 under Sections 20-61-85 of the NDPS Act, Police Station