215 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 12.12.2025 MANISH KUMAR ...PETITIONER V/S STATE OF PUNJAB ...RESPONDENT CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBHAS MEHLA Present: Mr. Hitesh Verma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Anup Singh, AAG, Punjab.

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SUBHAS MEHLA, J. (ORAL)

1. By way of the present petition filed under Section 483 BNSS, 2023 the petitioner is seeking regular bail in case FIR No.209 dated 09.10.2024 registered under Sections 22/61/85 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) (later on Section

29 of NDPS Act added) at Police Station Dasuya, District Hoshiarpur.

2. Brief facts of the prosecution are that on 09.10.2024, when ASI Suresh Kumar along with other police officials was coming back to police station from village Uchi Bassi and reached near bus stand constructed after crossing the Usmaan Shaheed Bridge on GT Road, a young person i.e. the petitioner was sitting on the bus stand side. Upon seeing the police party, the petitioner/accused threw one weighted plastic polythene from the right pocket of his pant and tried to run away. On suspicion, accused/petitioner was apprehended and upon checking of thrown p