IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-65048-2025 Date of decision: 09.02.2026 MEHARBAN SINGH ….Petitioner Versus STATE OF HARYANA ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. Satnam Singh Gill, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Parveen Kumar Aggarwal, Addl. A.G. Haryana.

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RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL)

1. Prayer in the instant petition filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.385 dated 07.07.2025, registered under Sections 21(c), 22(c), 25 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, (Sections 27A of the NDPS Act and 347(1) BNS, 2023 added later on) at Police Station Assandh, District Karnal.

2. Brief facts of the present case are that as per the prosecution, on 07.07.2025, ASI Khemchand, along with his fellow police officials was on a patrolling duty and on the basis of secret information, apprehended one Parveen Kumar, who was found in conscious possession of 11940 intoxicant tablets. During further investigation more intoxicant tablets were recovered from the said co-accused thereby totalling 25740 intoxicant tablets.

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