IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 9^th February, 2026 Nasir Mohammad ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Ms. Kamlesh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Roshandeep Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab.

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MANISHA BATRA, J (ORAL):-

The present petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking grant of regular bail in case bearing FIR No. 58 dated 17.05.2024 registered under Sections 21 and 29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS’) at Police Station City-I, Malerkotla, District Malerkotla.

2. As per the allegations, on 17.05.2024, a secret information was received to the effect that the petitioner and co-accused Mohd. Aarif were indulging in the business of selling heroin in large quantities after procuring the same from some unknown source, and that they could be apprehended if a raid was conducted. Acting upon the said information, a raiding party was conducted, which reached at the informed place and found the petitioner and the co-accused to be in conscious possession of 315 grams of heroin kept in a polythene bag. Both were arrested on the spot.