IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (385)

CRM-M-10208-2025 (O & M)

Date of Decision:-27.02.2025 Mukesh Kumar @ Dholia @ Jora ......Petitioner.

Vs.

State of Haryana ......Respondent.

CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present:- Mr. Vikas Bishnoi, Advocate, for the Petitioner.

Mr. Reepu Dhaman, AAG, Haryana.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J.(ORAL The prayer in the present petition under Section 483 of BNSS of 2023 is for the grant of regular bail in case FIR No.4 dated 04.01.2023 under Section 15(c) of the NDPS Act, 1985 (Sections 27-A and 29 of the NDPS Act added later on) registered at Police Station Bhattu Kalan, District Fatehabad.

2. The brief facts of the case are that Mukesh Kumar @ Dholia @ Jora (petitioner) and Bhupender Singh @ Manda @ Madda (since granted the concession of bail vide order dated 28.01.2025, Annexure P-2) were apprehended with 53 kgs. of poppy husk. They disclosed that they had purchased the contraband from one Anil Kumar.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner contends that there is a violation of the mandatory provisions of the Act regarding the search and seizure. No independent witness of recovery was joined during the course of the recovery