229 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 29.01.2025 Sandeep Kumar @ Rinku @ Sanjeev Kumar ..... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present: Mr. Harmanpreet Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. J.S. Arora, DAG, Punjab.

Rajesh Bhardwaj, J. (ORAL)

1. Petitioner has approached this Court by way of present petition praying for granting him regular bail in case FIR No.317 dated10.12.2024 under Sections 18, 25, 27(a) of NDPS Act, 1985 registered at Police Station Jandiala, District Amritsar Rural.

2. Succinctly, facts of the case are that on 10.12.2024, the police party while barricading and checking the vehicles saw a boy coming on Activa scooter. He was stopped and on asking he disclosed his name as Sandeep Kumar @ Rinku (petitioner). On suspicion, diggi of Activa scooter was searched and a transparent polythene bag was found inside. On search of the same, opium was recovered which on weighing found to be 25 grams and total 40 notes denomination of Rs.500/- were recovered. On asking Sandeep Kumar @ Rinku disclosed that this amount was obtained from the sale of the opium. Thus, the FIR was regis