IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M No.8049 of 2026 Date of Decision: 12.02.2026 Rajwant Singh @ Raja ..... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ..... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ ***

Present: Mr. Balbir Singh Jaswal, Advocate for the petitioner.

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RAJESH BHARDWAJ, J.

1. Present petition has been filed praying for the grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.315, dated 27.11.2025, under Sections 21/27(a) of NDPS Act (Section 29 NDPS Act added later on), registered at Police Station Jandiala, District Amritsar.

2. Succinctly, the facts of the case are that the police party while on patrolling on 27.11.2025, saw a boy coming on foot from the right side of the road. On seeing the police, he got perplexed and about to threw a polythene envelope after taking out from the right pocket of his trouser. However, on suspicion, he was over powered by the police officials. On asking, he disclosed his name to be Shamsher Singh @ Shera. He was suspected to be carrying some contraband in the polythene envelope, which he tried to throw and thus, the same was searched. On conducting the search of the polythene envelope, 50 grams