MANDEEP SINGH ALIAS KALU vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-24409-2026 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 250 CRM-M-24409-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 06.05.2026 Mandeep Singh @ Kalu ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. Rhythem Bajaj, 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 regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No. 169 dated 05.12.2024, registered under Sections 15 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) at Police Station Haibowal, District Police Commissionerate Ludhiana. 2. Brief facts of the case relevant for the disposal of the present petition are that on 05.12.2024, the petitioner along with co-accused Jatinder @ Pawan and Harpreet Singh @ Jagga, while coming on a scooter, was apprehended by a police party and recovery of 50 kgs. 500 grams of poppy husk was effected from a bag, which they had thrown on seeing the police party. Since they could not produce any valid license or permit to keep in their