234 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M No.33498 of 2025 Date of Decision: 28.10.2025 Gurpreet Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ..... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ *****

Present :- Mr. Onkar Rai, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Simran Goria, Asstt. A.G., Punjab.

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R AJESH BHARDWAJ , J. (Oral)

1. Present petition has been filed praying for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.0164, dated 24.10.2024, under Section 22 of NDPS Act, 1985, registered at Police Station Mukerian, District Hoshiarpur.

2. Succinctly the facts of the case are that the police party, while on patrolling on 24.10.2024, saw a person standing in front of the cremation ground. However, on seeing the police, he got perplexed and took out a polythene envelope from the right pocket of his trouser and threw it on the ground. On suspicion, he was apprehended and on asking, he disclosed his name to be Gurpreet Singh (petitioner). He was suspected to be carrying some contraband in the envelope thrown by him and thus, the same was searched. On conducting the search of the polythene bag, 107 loose intoxicating tablets were recovered.