IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 12.02.2026 RAJPAL @ RAJPAL RATHI ... Petitioner Versus STATE OF HARYANA ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Kawalpreet Singh Virk, Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Himani Arora, DAG, Haryana **** (cid:1)

MANISHA BATRA, J. (ORAL)

1. The instant one is the second petition filed by the petitioner under Section 439 of Cr.P.C. (which is pari materia of Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023) for grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR No.73 dated 10.05.2024 registered under Sections 22(C) and 27 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short “NDPS”) at Police Station Panipat SDR, District Panipat. The previous petition was dismissed as withdrawn on 16.01.2025. On the oral request of learned counsel for the petitioner Section 29 of NDPS is ordered to be added in the prayer clause as well as headnote of this petition.

2. As per the allegations, on 09.05.2024, on the basis of a secret information to the effect that the present petitioner was indulged in the business of sale of prohibited narcotic injections and had stored a huge quantity of the