218 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Krishma Kumra ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab ….Respondent Date of decision: January 09, 2026 Date of Uploading: January 09, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Krishan Singh Dadwal, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

Present second 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.153 dated 22.08.2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 21, 22 & 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’), at Police Station Sadar, District Hoshiarpur.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that on 22.08.2024, ASI Satnam Singh of Police Station Sadar, Hoshiarpur, along with other police officials, was proceeding towards the Adamwal side in connection with patrolling duty and checking of suspicious persons. When the police party reached near Bhawani Nagar, they noticed two persons carrying polythene envelopes in their right hands. On noticing the police party, both persons threw t