IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-10401-2026 Date of decision: 24.03.2026 RAHUL BHATEJA ….Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. Gurmeet Singh Saini, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Amritpal Singh Gill, DAG Punjab.

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RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL)

1. Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.0266 dated 22.12.2025 registered under Sections 21, 25 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (Section 29 of the NDPS Act added later on) at Police Station Sadar Jagraon, District Ludhiana (Rural).

2. Brief facts of the present case as per the prosecution are that on 22.12.2025, Inspector Amritpal Singh, along with his fellow police officials on a secret information apprehended Amandeep Singh alias Romi, Pawan Kumar and Bachittar Singh who were in a vehicle. On search of the vehicle, 3 Kgs and 72 grams of Heroin was recovered underneath the driver’s seat. Initially, the FIR in question was registered against the said co-accused persons.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that