113 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 02.04.2026 Parwana ..... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present: Ms. Simi Kandra, Legal Aid Counsel, for the petitioner.

Mr.K.D.Sachdeva, DAG, Punjab.

Rajesh Bhardwaj, J. (ORAL)

1. Prayer in the present petition is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in a case FIR No.45 dated 06.03.2025, registered under Sections 22/29/61/85 of NDPS Act, 1985, at Police Station Kotwali Patiala, District Patiala.

2. Succinctly, facts of the case are that on 06.03.2025 the police party while on patrolling when reached from main road, Badi Nadi to road Patiala, they saw a young man coming. On seeing the police, he got perplexed and threw a heavy black wax envelope on the ground, which he was holding in his right hand. However, he was apprehended by the Police and on asking, he disclosed his name to be Parwana (petitioner). He was suspected to be carrying some contraband in the envelope thrown by him. Thus, search of the envelope was conducted and on conducting, 251 grams of intoxicating powder was recovered. He failed to produce any licence regarding the posse