RAM DASS vs STATE OF HARYANA

CRM-M-8398-2026 (O & M) ::1:: (225) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-8398-2026 (O & M) Date of Decision:13.07.2026 Ram Dass ... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Rakesh Kumar Lathwal, Advocate for the petitioner(s) (through VC). Mr. T.P. Singh, Sr. DAG, Haryana. **** JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J. The prayer in the present petition under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 is for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.191 dated 31.05.2024 under Section 20(b)(ii)(c) of the NDPS Act (Section 27-A of NDPS Act and Section 201 of IPC added later on) registered at Police Station Sampla, District Rohtak, Haryana. 2 The brief facts of the case are that Ram Dass (petitioner) and Neeraj were apprehended with 280 Kgs of ganja. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. The mandatory provisions of Sections 42 and 50 of the NDPS Act had not been complied with in their proper perspective. No independent witness was joined at the time of search and seizure. As he is a first-time offender, in custody since 31.05.2024 and V