IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-11505-2025 DECIDED ON: 01.03.2025 RANJEET SINGH .....PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA .....RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MOUDGIL Present: Mr. Vikram Jeet Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Chetan Sharma, DAG Haryana SANDEEP MOUDGIL, J (ORAL)

1. Relief sought This is a Petition under Section 482 of BNSS for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No. 371 dated 21.11.2023, registered under Sections 15(C), 18(C), 27A and 29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and Section 201 of IPC (Annexure P-1)

2. Prosecution story setup in the present case as per the version in the FIR as under:-

“Ruqa is as under. To the SHO PS Sadar, Kaithal, Jai Hind, It is requested that today on 21.11.2023, I along with SI Ranjit Singh No.105/KTL, ASl Parveen Kumar No.43/KTL, HC Rajeev Kumar No.279/KTL, HC Jasmer Singh No.469/KTL and EHC Lakhwinder Singh No.420/KTL were present at village Geong-

village Kathwarh turn point Hisar to Chandigarh By-pass road, Kaithal in connection w.r.t. stop the crime on Govt. vehicle bearing No.HR-08GV-5926 driven by EHC Balinder Singh No.961/KTL, a special informer came on motorcycle from Titram side and gave me secret information that Palvinder • Singh-alias Goldi S/o Shamsher Singh R/o village Mandwal, who is a truck driver, and is doing the business of selling the intoxicant substance i.e. poppy husk and opium in his truck, who has made drug addict the young boys of nearby areas, due to whick, the young boys are committing theft and other crimes for fulfillment of their lust for drugs. The above mentioned Palvinder Singh alias Goldi is about to come from Narwana side in his container bearing No.RJ-14GN-3419 having poppy husk and opium from some outside place for selling the same in village Mandwal and nearby areas, if a Naka be laid down at this place and the suspected vehicles be checked, the above mentioned Palvinder Singh alias Goldi can be apprehended along with poppy husk and opium. As the information has been given by a believable person, a notice u/s 42 of NDPS Act was prepared at 2:15 a.m. and the same is sent to you the S.H.O. P.S. Sadar, Kaithal through EHC Balinder Singh No.961/KTL. The secret informer went from the spot, after giving the information. Thereafter, I disclosed wnt the secret information to the other police officials and prepared a aiding party and started baricating at turn point of village Geong-Kathwarh on Hisar-Chandigarh By-pass road, Kaithal and I sent S.i. Ranjit Singh to call Karamvir Singh, Sarpanch of village Geong at the spot. After checking 4-5 trucks, who were coming from Titram side, as per the secret information, at about 2:45 a.m., we saw one container coming towards us from Narwana side, to whom I along with other police officials while barigating, signaled him with the light of torch to stop the vehicle, the driver of the vehicle stopped all of a sudden and alighted from the vehicle and tried to ran away, I along with other police officials apprehended him and on asking, he told his name as Palvinder Singh alias Goldi S/o Shamsher Singh R/o village Mandwal, P.S. Rajound, District Kaithal. On checking the vehicle is found to be bearing No.RJ-14GN-3419, make Ashoka Lyland as per the secret information. Then I told Palvinder Singh alias Goldi that I have suspicion that you are having some intoxicant substance i.e, poppy husk and opium with you and in your vehicle and you have a legal right to get conduct the search of youself and your vehicle from any Magistrate or gazetted officer. I prepared notice u/s 50 of NDPS Act separately, upon which, suspected Palvinder Singh alias Goldi and witnesses signed on the same. After thinking for some time, he expressed his consent to get conducted the search of himself and his vehicle from some Magistrate. I prepared consent memo u/s 50 of NDPS Act, upon which Palvinder Singh alias Goldi and witnesses had signed. On 3.19 a.m., I