IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-27830-2025 (O&M)

Date of decision: 24.03.2026 Pardeep Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. Rajesh Goyal, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Himani Arora, DAG, Haryana.

MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral)

1. Prayer in this petition, filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case arising out of FIR No. 449 dated 24.07.2024, registered under Sections 20 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) at Police Station Samalkha, District Panipat.

2. Brief facts of the case relevant for the disposal of the present petition are that on 24.07.2024, on the basis of a secret information, the petitioner along with co-accused Manish @ Kala, Amit, Vishal and Dharampal, while coming in a car bearing registration number HR-06-BA- 3386, was apprehended by a police party headed by ASI Randeep Singh. On conducting their personal search, no incriminating material was recovered. However, on search of the said car, two plastic bags containing total 34 k