IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on : 27.02.2026 Pronounced on : 06.03.2026 Sumit Yadav ..... Petitioner VERSUS State of Haryana ..... Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Argued by : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Lathwal, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Ramender Singh Chauhan, AAG Haryana.

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SURYA PARTAP SINGH, J.

This petition for bail is the second petition, filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of ‘the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023’. It has been filed with regard to a case arising out of FIR No.50 dated 13.03.2024, for the commission of offence punishable under Section 20 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, hereinafter being referred to as ‘NDPS Act’, (final report submitted under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C) of NDPS Act and Section 120-B of IPC), Police Station Rai, District Sonipat.

2. The abovementioned FIR came into being at the instance of ‘SI Naveen Kumar’, who reported that while leading a team of police officials, deputed for patrolling duty, on the basis of a tip-off given by a reliable source, the petitioner was intercepted and from the polythene bag being carried by him, 01 kg 900 gms of charas was recovered.

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