RAHUL MATTU ALIAS GOPI vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-24389-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 246 CRM-M-24389-2026 Date of decision: 6th May, 2026 Rahul Mattu @ Gopi ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Ms. Simi Kandra, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Vivek Sharma, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. *** MANISHA BATRA, J (ORAL):- The present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner seeking grant of regular bail in case bearing FIR No. 50 dated 07.07.2024 registered under Sections 21(C), 25 and 29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short, ‘NDPS Act’) at Police Station Ladhowal, District Police Commissionerate Ludhiana. 2. Brief facts of the case relevant for the purpose of disposal of this petition are that on 07.07.2024, a police party headed by SI Sohan Lal was on patrolling duty, which noticed a car make Hyundai i-20 bearing registration number PB-10-GJ-5133 lying parked near Bharat Petrol Pump. Three persons were seen standing near the said car, who, on seeing the police party, threw polythene envelopes on the ground but wer