233 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M No.6444 of 2026 Date of Decision: 10.02.2026 Varinder Singh @ Raju ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ *****

Present: Mr. Rajinder Singh Bhatta, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Surinderjit Singh Nahar, Asstt. A.G., Punjab.

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RAJESH BHARDWAJ , J. (ORAL)

1. Present petition has been filed praying for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.171, dated 17.11.2024, under Sections 15(c)/25/29/61/85 of the NDPS Act, 1985, registered at Police Station Shahkot, District Jalandhar.

2. Succinctly, the facts of the case are that the police party, while on patrolling on 17.11.2024, received a secret information to the effect that Sonu son of Bohar Singh and Karan son of Parmatma Singh were big smugglers and they were involved in smuggling of poppy husk. It was informed that they purchased the contraband at low prices from other states and sell the same in high prices in different cities. It was alleged that they were coming in Truck bearing registration No.HP-12-8481 with driver Harpreet Singh @ Happy and cleaner Varinder Singh @ Raju (petitioner)