(117) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 30.03.2026 NOOR MOHAMMAD ... Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Ms. Diksha Gakhar, Advocate (Legal Aid Counsel)

for the petitioner.

Mr. Harkanwar Jeet Singh, Asstt. A.G., Punjab.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J.

The prayer in the present petition under Section 483 BNSS, 2023 is for the grant of regular bail in case bearing FIR No.162 dated 25.08.2024 registered under Section 22 of NDPS Act, at Police Station City Rajpura, District Patiala, Punjab.

2. The brief facts of the case are that Noor Mohammad (petitioner)

came to be apprehended with 900 intoxicant tablets make ADL SPASMED.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. The mandatory provisions of Sections 42 and 50 of the NDPS Act have not been complied with in their proper perspective. No independent witness was joined at the time of search and seizure. As the petitioner is a first-time offender, is in custody since 27.08.2024 but only 01 of the 10 prosecution witnesses has been examined so far, the trial of the present ca