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117 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

CRM-M No.43829 of 2025 Date of Decision: 30.03.2026

Karnail Singh ….. Petitioner

Versus

State of Punjab ….. Respondent

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ

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Present: Mr. Karajveer Singh, Advocate and Mr. Piyush Khanna, Advocate

for the petitioner.

Mr. Raj Karan Singh, 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.16, dated 05.03.2025, under Sections 22/31/61/85 of NDPS Act and Section 111 of BNS, registered at

Police Station Chabbewal, District Hoshiarpur, Punjab.

2. Succinctly, the facts of the case are that the police party was on patrolling on 05.03.2025 and when they reached near village Bassi Kalan, towards kacha rasta which falls in village Mehna, they saw one person coming on foot from the opposite side. On seeing the police, he got perplexed and tried to turn back and started walking quickly away. He after taking out a heavy waxed envelope from the right pocket of his

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jacket, threw the same to the side of the road. However, on suspicion, he was apprehended by the police party. On asking, he disclosed his name to be Paramjit Singh @ Madda. He was suspected to be carrying some contraband in the heavy waxed envelope being thrown by him and thus, search of the same was conducted. On conducting the search of the envelope, 105 grams of intoxicant powder was recovered. He failed to produce any licence regarding the conscious possession of the same, thus, the FIR was registered and he was arrested on the spot. The samples taken were sent to the FSL. On receipt of FSL, the contraband recovered weighs 105 grams of Alprazolam. During the investigation, complicity of the petitioner, namely, Karnail Singh, surfaced and, thus, he was arrayed as an accused in the present case. Resultantly, the petitioner was arrested on 14.03.2025. On completion of the investigation, the challan has been presented and on framing of charges, the trial commenced. The petitioner approached the Court of learned Judge, Special Court, Hoshiarpur praying for the grant of regular bail. However, after hearing both the sides and finding no merit in the same, the learned Judge, Special Court, Hoshiarpur dismissed the bail application filed by the petitioner vide order dated 06.06.2025. Hence being aggrieved, the petitioner is before this Court

praying for grant of regular bail by way of filing the present petition.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. He has submitted that evidently as per the case of the prosecution, 105 grams of Alprazolam has been recovered from the co-accused, namely, Paramjit Singh @ Madda. He has submitted that the petitioner has been arrayed as an

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accused in the present case on the basis of disclosure statement of co- accused, which is not even an admissible evidence. He has submitted that though the petitioner is falsely implicated in 09 other cases, however, in most of the cases, he is on bail and in rest of the cases, he has already undergone the sentence. He has submitted that the petitioner is behind bars from last more than 1 year, however, there is no progress in the trial. He has submitted that in the facts and circumstances, the petitioner deserves to

be granted regular bail.

4. Per contra, learned counsel for the State has vehemently opposed the submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioner. He has submitted that the petitioner is a habitual offender, who is involved in 08 other cases. He has submitted that on effecting the recovery of 105 grams of Alprazolam from the co-accused, namely, Paramjit Singh @ Madda,