PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT
Mahabir Singh Sindhu, J.
Ashok Kumar Sharma v. State of Punjab
1. Present petition has been filed under S.528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short 'BNSS') in FIR No.22 dated 21.01.2025, registered under S.309(4) and S.191(3) read with S.190 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short 'BNS') and S.21 - C, 25, 27 - A and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short 'NDPS Act') at Police Station Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), Mohali, with the following prayer(s): -
(i) to declare the arrest of petitioner as illegal, non est and arbitrary;
(ii) to set aside the impugned remand order dated 19.03.2025 (P - 3) passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Amritsar (for short 'JMIC'), whereby petitioner was remanded to police custody for three days;
(iii) to release petitioner from custody forthwith and also to preserve the entire record, including the file notings and case diaries of present case pertaining to FIR No. 22 dated 21.01.2025 (supra); and
(iv) to direct interim release of petitioner during pendency of present petition.
2. Allegations are that drug money of 20,000 Euro, 10,000 British Pound and 10,020 Canadian Dollars were recovered from the residence of petitioner situated at Subhash Na
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