138 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Decided on: 08.04.2026 Noshad ..... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present: Mr. Afjal Hussain, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Rajesh Bhardwaj, J.

1. Prayer in the present petition is for quashing of the FIR No.144, dated 28.03.2026, registered under Section 20 of NDPS Act, at Police Station City Palwal, District Palwal alongwith all the consequential proceedings arising therefrom.

2. Succinctly, facts of the case are that on 28.03.2026, the police party while on patrolling received a secret information to the effect that Ashfaq sells ganja from his home and today, he is present at his home and has ganja with him. It was informed that in case of raid, he could be arrested alongwith the contraband. On receiving the information, a raiding team was constituted and raid was conducted at the house of Ashfaq. On conducting search, Ashfaq was found to be present at his house and total 674 grams of ganja was found from there. He failed to produced any licence regarding the possession of the same, and thus, on registration of the FIR, he was arrested on the spot. Samples take