IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

224 Date of decision: July 01, 2025 SUKHWINDER SINGH @ NUNA @ SUKHA .....Petitioner Versus STATE OF HARYANA .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANJARI NEHRU KAUL Present: Mr. K.S. Siwach, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Karan Sharma, DAG, Haryana.

MANJARI NEHRU KAUL, J.

1. The instant petition is the second petition filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.205 dated 09.08.2024 under Sections 22-C (Act No.61) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (and Sections 22(b), 27-A of the NDPS Act added later on and Section 22-C of the NDPS Act deleted later on), registered at Police Station Sadar Ratia, District Fatehabad (Annexure P-1).

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been in custody since 09.08.2024 after he was allegedly found in possession of 590 tablets of Tramadol weighing 2.200 grams. It has been submitted that the alleged recovery although is classified as ‘non- commercial’ under the NDPS Act. It has still further been submitted that investigation is complete qua the petitioner as not only c