104 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Decided on: 24.02.2025 Rajwinder Singh @ Karan ..... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present: Mr. Prateek Pandit, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Tarun Aggarwal, Sr.DAG, Punjab.

Rajesh Bhardwaj, J.

1. Prayer in the present petition is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in a case FIR No. 171 dated 17.11.2024, registered under Sections 15, 29 of NDPS Act, at Police Station City Shahkot, District Jalandhar.

2. Succinctly facts of the case are that on 17.11.2024, the Police received a secret information to the effect that Sonu son of Bohar Singh and Karan (petitioner) son of Permatma Singh are involved in smuggling of poppy husk and they purchase the same at low price from other States and sell at high price in different cities. It was informed that they were coming in truck bearing registration No.HP-12-8481 with driver Harpreet Singh @ Happy and cleaner Barinder Singh @ Raju and in case of barricading on highway of Moga to Jalandhar, they could be caught with poppy husk with the truck. On receiving the information, ruqa was sent and raiding team was cons