IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 11^th February, 2026 Binder Kaur ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Himanshu Bansal, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab.

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MANISHA BATRA, J (ORAL):-

The present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner seeking grant of regular bail in case bearing FIR No. 107 dated 07.06.2025 registered under Sections 21(b), 27 and 29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) at Police Station Kotwali, District Bathinda.

2. As per the allegations, on 07.06.2025, while performing checking and patrolling duty, the petitioner was found sitting on the canal side. She was having some transparent envelop. On noticing the police officials, she was in panic. She was apprehended on the basis of suspicion. On checking, 06 grams of heroin was recovered from her conscious possession which was taken into custody. The petitioner was formally arrested. Investigation now stands completed.

3. It is argued by learn