IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA CHANDIGARH

266 CRM-M-4162-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 06.04.2026 Subhash Chander ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMAN CHAUDHARY *****

Present : Mr. BS Beniwal, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Amrik Narwal, DAG, Haryana.

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AMAN CHAUDHARY, J. (ORAL)

1. Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 483 BNSS is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.62 dated 16.03.2024, registered under Sections 18(b) and 15 of the NDPS Act, at Police Station Bhuna, District Fatehabad.

2. Learned counsel contends that the petitioner, aged 64 years, has been in custody for 1 year, 10 months, 21 days. The alleged recovery from the petitioner is of 3.5 kgs. opium and 1 kg. poppy husk including the weight of the bag, which was not separated. He was granted interim bail which he did not misuse. No independent witness has been joined at the time of recovery. Charges have been framed on 02.12.2024, however, only 4, out of 19 PWs, have been examined. He is involved in one more case of the year 2019, wherein he is on bail. Reliance is placed on the judgment passed by Hon'ble The Supreme Court titled as