CRM-M-18054-2026 Date of decision : 09.04.2026 Ajit Singh @ Ajit Kumar ....Petitioner versus The State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present :- Ms. Deepika Verma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Kuljinder Dhindsa, AAG, Punjab.

RAJESH BHARDWAJ , J. (Oral)

1. Present third petition has been filed by the petitioner praying for grant of regular bail in case FIR No.141 dated 24.08.2022, under Sections 22(C), 29/61/85 and 31 of the NDPS Act, 1985 (Section 201 of IPC added later on), registered at Police Station Kartarpur, District Jalandhar.

2. Succinctly, facts of the case are that the police while patrolling on 24.08.2022 when reached near Kartarpur bus stand, they saw two young man standing. They were having kit bag with them. On suspicion, both were stopped by the police and on asking, they disclosed their names to be Ajit Kumar (present petitioner) and Rupesh Kumar. They were suspected to be carrying some contraband in the kit bag being carried by them. The search of both the individuals and the kit bag carried by them was conducted. On conducting the search of Ajit Kumar, 500 gms of heroin was recovered, whereas from the search of left side of p