236 Date of Decision: 11.02.2026 Satnam Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE AARADHNA SAWHNEY Present: Mr. Raj Kumar Gupta, Advocate and Mr. Rajiv Rathore, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Gurdeep Singh, AAG, Punjab.

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AARADHNA SAWHNEY, J. (ORAL)

1. Petitioner, co-accused in case FIR No.34 dated 11.06.2019 registered against him, for commission of offences punishable u/s 15/25/29 of the NDPS Act, at Police Station Ghagga, District Patiala, has prayed for grant of bail.

2. Relevant facts as emerging from documents on record be noticed hereinbelow:-

“On 11.06.2019, based on chance recovery, police officials of police station Ghagga, District Patiala, seized 70 Kg. ‘Poppy husk’ (marginally more than commercial quantity) from the truck bearing registration No.PB-10-CU-9755, which was found parked on the right side of the Main Road, Ghagga towards Patra, ahead of Gurudwara Gian Sagar. Two persons namely Sucha Singh and Ramesh Kumar @ Pappu were found sitting beside the truck. They could not render any explanation for keeping such a heavy quantity of poppy-husk in the truck. After completing the requisite statutory formalities both the above me