IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-16366-2026 Date of decision: 23.04.2026 MOHAMMAD HASSAN ….Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. Kulwinder Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Amrit Kaur Mahir, AAG Punjab.

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RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL)

1. Prayer in the instant petition filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.221 dated 18.08.2025, registered under Sections 22 and 25 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (Section 29 of the NDPS Act added later on) at Police Station Anti Narcotics Force, ANTF Wing, District Ludhiana.

2. Brief facts of the present case, as per the prosecution, are that on 18.08.2025 police party acting upon a secret information apprehended one Ramesh Kumar, who was found in conscious possession of 12000 intoxicant tablets containing Alprazolam. Initially the FIR in question was registered against the said Ramesh Kumar.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case and he has no concern with