IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 01.08.2025 Pronounced on: 28.08.2025 Raju @ Niyar Masih ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA Present: Mr. Yashpal Thakur, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Pooja Nayar Sharma, D.A.G., Punjab.

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ANOOP CHITKARA, J.

FIR No. Dated Police Station Sections

19 09-02-2005 Dharamkot, 15 of NDPS Act (Section 29 District Moga of NDPS Act added later on)

1. The petitioner incarcerated in the FIR captioned above had come up before this Court under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, [BNSS], seeking regular bail.

2. Per paragraph 10 (E) of the status report, the petitioner has the following criminal antecedents:

Sr. No. FIR No. Date Offenses Police Station

1. 7 24.01.2018 52 of Prison Act Sadar Nabha

2. 147 20.10.2017 15 of NDPS Act Sirhind

3. The facts and allegations are taken from the status report filed by the State. On 09.02.2005, based on prior information, the Police seized 2450 kg of poppy husk contained in gunny bags which petitioner and co-accused were loading in a vehicle TATA-407. The Investigator claims to have complied with all the statutory requireme