224 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-3954-2025 DATE OF DECISION: 11.03.2025 JASPAL SINGH ...PETITIONER Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ... RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MOUDGIL Present: Mr. Nitin Sachdeva, Advocate Legal Aid Counsel, for the petitioner(s).

Mr. Jaspal Singh Guru, AAG, Punjab.

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SANDEEP MOUDGIL, J (ORAL)

1. Prayer This petition has been filed under Section 483 of B.N.S.S., 2023, for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in FIR No. 0012 Dated 15.03.2023 (Annexure P-1), Under Section 21, 25 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and Under Section 379 & 411 of IPC, 1860 registered at Police Station: Thulliwal, District Barnala.

2. Prosecution story set up in the present case as per the version in the FIR reads as under :-

‘Copy Officer Incharge, Police Station Thulliwal, Fateh, Today I SI/SHO along with Jagtar Singh 930, Sr. Constable Lovepreet Singh 873, Lady Constable Ninder Kaur 1029 on government vehicle no. PB-13BA-1834 being driven by ASI Daya Singh 713 in connection with patrolling and checking of suspected persons were present near Gurughar Bus Stand, Hamidi then time was about 01:45 PM. Then secret informer gave