MALKIT SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-24181-2026 -1- 248 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-24181-2026 Date of Decision: 06.05.2026 Malkit Singh ..... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present: Mr. P.K.S.Phoolka, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Raj Karan Singh, AAG, Punjab. Rajesh Bhardwaj, J. (ORAL) 1. Prayer in the present petition is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in a case FIR No.14 dated 17.01.2026, registered under Sections 21(B), 27, 29/61/85 of NDPS Act, 1985, at Police Station Sadar, Bathinda, District Bathinda. 2. Succinctly, facts of the case are that on 17.01.2026 the police party while on patrolling when reached about 100 meters ahead the bridge, they saw a young man, who was holding a transparent plastic bag, was sitting on the left side of the canal track. On suspicion, he was apprehended by the Police. On asking, he disclosed his name to be Malkit Singh (petitioner). Contraband was clearly seen in the transparent plastic bag being carried by him and thus, search of the same was conducted. On conducting search, 06 grams of heroin was recovered from the plastic bag. He failed to produce any licence re