261 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 10.11.2025 Shivam ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ..... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Manjot Kaur, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Raj Karan Singh, A.A.G., Punjab.

RAJESH BHARDWAJ , J. (Oral)

1. Present petition has been filed for grant of regular bail in case FIR No.148 dated 21.09.2024, under Sections 21 and 29 of Narcotic and Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, registered at Police Station STF, SAS Nagar, District Mohali.

2. Succinctly, the facts of the present case are that the police party, while on patrolling on 20.09.2024, saw two clean shaved persons on a motorcycle. A polythene bag was hanging on the right handle of the motorcycle. On seeing the police, they got perplexed and tried to turn the motorcycle towards Ambala City. On suspicion, they were apprehended and on asking, they disclosed their names to be Shivam (present petitioner) and Karan. They were suspected to be carrying some contraband in the polythene being carried by them and thus, search of the same was conducted. On conducting the search, 498 grams of heroin was recovered from the s