IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

305 (Two cases)

1. CRM-M-47565-2023 (O&M)

Gulab Khan @ Ashu ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent

2. CRM-M-12836-2024 (O&M)

Amandeep Singh alias Amna ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent Date of decision: 14.01.2025 CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. Rajdeep Singh Gill, Advocate for the petitioner in CRM-M-47565-2023.

Mr. Nirmaljeet Singh Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioner in CRM-M-12836-2024.

Ms. Swati Batra, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab.

MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral)

1. Prayer in these petitions, filed under Section 439 of Cr.P.C., is for grant of regular bail to the petitioners in FIR No. 162 dated 19.10.2022, registered under Sections 22-C of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) at Police Station Kabarwala, District Sri Muktsar Sahib.

2. Brief facts of the case relevant for the disposal of the present petition are that on 19.10.2022, the petitioners were apprehended by a police party headed by ASI Shivraj Singh and recovery of 3500 tablets of Tramadol Hydrochloride was effected from petitioner Amandeep Singh alias Amna, whereas 300