KULWINDER KAUR @ KINDE ALIAS KEETU vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-22798-2026 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 224 CRM-M-22798-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 08.05.2026 Kulwinder Kaur @ Kinde @ Keetu ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. Barjinder Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Vivek Sharma, AAG, Punjab. MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral) 1. Prayer in this petition, filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, is for grant of interim bail to the petitioner in FIR No. 16 dated 01.02.2026, registered under Sections 22,29 and 31 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) at Police Station Nakodar, District Jalandhar (Rural) till the receipt of the FSL report. 2. Brief facts of the case relevant for the disposal of the present petition are that on 01.02.2026, the petitioner was apprehended by a police party and recovery of 82 loose intoxicant tablets was effected from her. Since she could not produce any valid license or permit to keep in her possession the recovered drugs, she was formally arrested at the spot. 3. It is argued by learned counsel for the petitioner that sh