IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:18.05.2026 KULDEEP RAM @ KEBA .....PETITIONER Vs.

STATE OF PUNJAB .....RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present:- Ms. Renu Arora, Advocate for the petitioner.

(Through Video Conferencing).

Mr. Raj Karan Singh, AAG, Punjab.

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RAJESH BHARDWAJ , J.

1. The present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanita, 2023 seeking grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No. 29 dated 04.03.2025, under Sections 22-C/61/85 NDPS Act, registered at Police Station Sadar Nakodar, Jalandhar Rural (Annexure P-1).

2. Succinctly the facts of the case are that the present FIR was registered at the instance of ASI Major Singh on the allegations that on 04.03.2025, while on patrolling, they saw a young person coming on foot, who on seeing the police party became perplexed and threw away a polythene bag after taking it out from the pocket of his jacket. On the basis of suspicion, he was apprehended. On interrogation, he disclosed his name as Kuldeep Ram alias Keba, (present petitioner). On suspicion, search of polythene bag thrown by him was conducted and 52 light or