121+238 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 01.04.2026 Date of Uploading: 01.04.2026 Rakesh Kumar …..Petitioner.

Versus State of Haryana .....Respondent.

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL *****

Present:- Mr. Jagjit Singh Gill, Advocate and Mr. Lakhan Paul Garg, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Gurmeet Singh, AAG, Haryana.

SUMEET GOEL, J.(Oral)

Present fourth petition has been filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (439 Cr.P.C.), for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.0053 dated 29.01.2022, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 20(C)/ 27A/29/61/85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’), at Police Station City Sirsa, District Sirsa.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that the petitioner is an accused of being involved in an FIR pertaining to NDPS Act involving 40 kilograms Ganja allegedly found in the possession of the petitioner and his co-accused, namely, Vinod Kumar.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 29.01.2022. Learned counsel for the petitioner has further submitted that the