KAJAL RANI vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M No.12456 of 2026 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 222 CRM-M No.12456 of 2026 (O&M) Date of Decision: 26.05.2026 Kajal Rani ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present: Mr. Fatehjeet Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. I.P.S. Sabharwal, DAG, Punjab. SURYA PARTAP SINGH, J. (Oral): This is first petition for bail, filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of the ‘Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023’. This petition pertains to a case arising out of FIR No. 62 dated 28.07.2025 for the commission of offence punishable under Section 21(C) [Section 27 added later on] of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985, hereinafter being referred to as ‘NDPS Act’ only, Police Station Sadar Malout, District Sri Muktsar Sahib. 2. The abovementioned FIR came into being at the instance of ‘ASI Harbhajan Singh’, who had reported that on 27.07.2025 at about 11.00 P.M on the basis of suspicion a two-wheeler was intercepted and from the occupants of above mentioned two wheeler 300 grams of ‘Heroin’ was recovered. As per above named police officer ‘Balwant Singh’ was driving the above