218 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Narender ….Petitioner versus State of Haryana ….Respondent Date of decision: December 03, 2025 Date of Uploading: December 03, 2025 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Raman Chawla, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Priyanka Sadar Thakur, Senior DAG Haryana.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.256 dated 02.04.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 20B(II)C/61/85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’), at Police Station Azad Nagar, Hisar.

2. The gravamen of the allegations against the petitioner is that he is an accused of being involved in an FIR pertaining to NDPS Act involving alleged recovery of 20.412 kilograms of Ganja from the petitioner.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the petitioner is in custody since 02.04.2025. Learned counsel has further submitted that mandatory provisions of the NDPS Act have not scrupulously been complied with, and thus, th