125 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-46137-2025 Date of decision: 22.08.2025 AHMED KHAN ALIAS AMARJEET ...Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF UT CHANDIGARH ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE YASHVIR SINGH RATHOR Present: Mr. Karan Vir Nanda, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. J.S.Toor, Addl.P.P., U.T., Chandigarh.

*****

YASHVIR SINGH RATHOR , J. (Oral)

1. The present petition is directed against the order dated 15.07.2025 (Annexure P-5) passed by Special Court, Chandigarh in FIR No.15 dated 28.01.2020 under Section 22 of NDPS Act at Police Station Sector 31, Chandigarh vide which the application under Section 311 Cr.P.C. moved by the prosecution has been allowed and Dr. Atul Bajaj, CFSL Expert has been allowed to be examined.

2. By way of application in hand, the prosecution pleaded that report of CFSL dated 05.06.2020 has been placed on file to prove the nature of the contraband seized from the accused. However, due to inadvertence and oversight, the prosecution evidence was closed by the Public Prosecutor without examination of the expert, who had prepared the report. It is further submitted that CFSL report is a vital document and examination of the concerned e