IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 06.04.2026 HIMANSHU @ HEMANT @ HIMMAT ... Petitioner Versus STATE OF HARYANA ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Ms. Himani Anand, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Neeraj Poswal, AAG, Haryana **** (cid:1)

MANISHA BATRA, J. (ORAL)

1. The instant one is the second petition filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNSS”) for grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR No.359 dated 11.05.2024 registered under Section 18 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (for short “NDPS Act”) (Section 29 and 27(a) of the NDPS Act added later on) at Police Station Shahbad, District Kurukshetra. His previous petition was dismissed as withdrawn vide order dated 21.11.2025.

2. As per the allegations, on 11.05.2024, on the basis of a secret information, the petitioner was apprehended by a police party and recovery of 04 Kgs. 600 Grams of opium was effected from his conscious possession. Upon interrogation, he disclosed that the recovered contraband was supplied to him by one Ashraf Shah, who was arrested on 17.05.2024, who furthe