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 *****

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 jacket, threw the same to the side of the road. However, on suspicion, he was apprehended by the police party. On asking, he disc