IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 12.02.2026 Kulwant Singh ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present: Mr. N.S. Sodhi, Advocate for the petitioner.

(through hybrid mode).

Mr. I.P.S. Sabharwal, DAG, Punjab.

SURYA PARTAP SINGH , J . (Oral) :

This third petition for bail has been filed by the petitioner while invoking the jurisdiction vested in this Court by virtue of Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023. The above mentioned petition has been filed with regard to a case arising out of FIR No.221 dated 01.11.2023, under Sections 22 & 29 of Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, hereinafter being referred to as ‘NDPS Act’, Police Station Sadar Fazilka, District Fazilka.

2. Briefly stating the facts emerging from record are that the FIR of this case came into being at the instance of Sub Inspector ‘Kulwant Singh’, who had reported that on 01.11.2023 when he was leading a team of police officials deputed for patrolling duty he got a tip-off from a reliable source that ‘Gagandeep Singh’ and ‘Kulwant Singh’ were transporting huge quantity of intoxicant tabl