IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 23.02.2026 Bhupinder Singh @ Sonu --Petitioner Versus State of Punjab --Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ.

Present:- Mr. P.S. Sekhon, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Prashant, Advocate for petitioner.

Mr. Raj Karan Singh, AAG, Punjab.

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RAJESH BHARDWAJ.J (Oral)

1. Present petition has been filed praying for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.118, dated 15.07.2024, under Section 15(C), 29 (added later on) of NDPS Act, registered at Police Station Canal Colony, Bathinda, District Bathinda.

2. Succinctly, the facts of the present case are that Police party while on patrolling on 15.07.2024, when they were going towards Behman Chowk and saw one person near a parked truck/trolla and was seen opening the back gate of the truck and on seeing the police party, he got perplexed started closing the gate in hurry, then on suspicion, apprehended the accused namely Sandeep Singh @ Kaka in possession of one truck/trolla bearing registration no. NL-01AB-0377 in the area of Behman Chowk. From the search of said truck 190 black bags and 20 white bags containing 41 quintals of poppy husk were