(218) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 28.08.2025 TARUN BATRA ... Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Manvinder Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Harkanwar Jeet Singh, Asstt. A.G., Punjab.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J.

The prayer in this third petition under Section 483 BNSS, 2023 is for the grant of regular bail in case bearing FIR No.51 dated 18.05.2021 registered under Sections 8, 21, 22, 27-A, 29 of NDPS Act and Sections 420, 120-B, 468, 471 IPC at Police Station Mattewal, District Amritsar Rural.

2. The present FIR came to be registered at the instance of PHG Lovepreet Singh and the same reads as under:-

"Head Munshi, Police Station Mattewal. Today I/ASI along with S.I. Kewal Singh 1397, ASI Harjinder Singh 1356, ASI Lakha Singh 1361, PHG Lovepreet Singh 3069 on a Government vehicle Number PB-02-BS-9394, whose Driver is CT. Desbir Singh 1853, taking along the Laptop Printer, were present at BhoyeAdda regarding patrolling and barricading, when ASI Rashminder Singh Number 30/ASR-R, Incharge: Chowki, Tahli Sahib informed myself S.I./S.H.O. over phone that today I along with LR/ASI Rajwant Singh 1327 Amritsar Rural, ASI Avtar Singh 912, ASI Sawinder Singh on a private vehicle (Card) were going from Tahli Sahib to Amritsar Side for some Government work, when the Police Party reached Fatehgarh Churian Road, BalKalan, then special Informer informed me A.S.I. that Sameer Kumar son of Akshay Kumar, resident of Street No. 1, Ward Number 16, Majitha Road, Amritsar and Gurmukh Singh son of Joga Singh, resident of Mallu Nangal, Police Station: Rajasansi, In a vehicle ALTO K-10 bearing number PB02-CX-9948, White coloured and Suraj Kumar son of Akshay Kumar, resident of Street No. 1, Ward Number 16, Majitha Road, Amritsar riding on a Yamah FZ Motorcycle, bearing Number PB-02-CA-6160, by taking along the intoxicating tablets, together are going from Amritsar to Fatehgarh Churian side for supplying the same. The aforesaid information is true, reliable and tangible, which comes in the purview of Section 22- 61- 85 N.D.P.S. Act, on which after preparing the 'Rukka/ Inscription, the same is being sent to the Police Station by hand through PHG Lovepreet Singh 3069 for registration of a case. After registering the case, the case number be Intimated. Control Room be informed through Wireless. After Issuing the Special Reports, the same be submitted to Illaqa Magistrate Sahib and Officers. Myself S.I./S.H.O. along with the companion employees am proceeding at the spot of for recovery. Sd/- Lovepreet Singh, S.I., Station House Officer, Police Station: Mattewal, dated

18.05.2021, Today in the area of Bhoye Adda area at 04.15 p.m.”

3. After sending the aforesaid 'Ruqa' for the registration of an FIR, S.I Lovepreet Singh conducted a Nakabandhi at the main road near the village Bal Kalan, Amritsar and apprehended Sameer Kumar @ Pardhan, Gurmukh Singh and Suraj Kumar while travelling on a Maruti Alto K-10 car PB02-CX- 9948 and Yamaha FZ motorcycle No. PB02-CA-6160 respectively with the help of the Police party. During the search of the aforesaid Maruti Alto K-10 car PB02-CX-9948, a total of 49,500/- Tramadol Hydrochloride Tablets- IP Clocidol-100 SR i.e., 99 boxes containing 10 strips each having 50 tablets in each strip having batch Nos. UFT-042 and UFT-043, were recovered from a cardboard box kept at the rear seat of the car. During the personal search of the co-accused Suraj Kumar, a total of 500/- Tramadol Hydrochloride Tablets- IP Clocidol-100 SR i.e., 10 strips each having 50 tablets in each strip, were recovered from him, which were concealed by him in a white cloth (parna) wrapped around his waist. The aforesaid searches were conducted by S.I Lovepreet Singh and recoveries were effected in the presence of the then Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sub-division Majitha, Amritsar (Rural) as per the choice of the aforesaid co-accused persons a