239 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 08.07.2025 Babu Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Chahit Bansal, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Vikas Bhardwaj, AAG, Haryana.

HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (ORAL)

The present petition has been filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking regular bail in case bearing FIR No.140 dated 30.07.2024 under Sections 18(b)/27(a)/29 of the NDPS Act registered at Police Station Titram, District Kaithal.

Succinctly, the facts of the case are that on 30.07.2024, ASI Pardeep Kumar along with other police officials was on patrolling duty for detection of crime and secret information was received that accused-Amarjeet @ Kalu and the petitioner are indulged in transporting narcotic substance i.e. opium in their truck bearing registration No.PB-11BR-5089. On personal search of the petitioner, 80 grams of opium was found from the pocket of his lower and on search of truck, 4 kilo 40 grams of opium was found from air cleaner near conductor window which was taken into possession and thus, the present FIR.

Learned counsel f