IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Dixit Kumar ….Petitioner versus State of Haryana ….Respondent Date of decision: February 12, 2026 Date of Uploading: February 12, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Dr. Pankaj Nanhera, Senior Advocate with Mr. Rishav Kamboj, Advocate and Mr. Aman Mehta, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Gurmeet Singh, AAG Haryana.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No.292 dated 30.08.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 22(c) and 27A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’), at Police Station City Tohana, District Fatehabad, Haryana.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that during the intervening night of 29/30.08.2025, a police party headed by ASI Surender Singh, acting on secret information, apprehended co-accused, namely, Kapil, son of Hem Raj. A recovery of 50 strips of NRX Etizolam tablets (each strip containing 10 tablets, totaling 500 tablets), weighing 97 grams and 04 milligrams al