RUPESH KUMAR vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-20664-2026 -1- 229 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-20664-2026 Date of decision : 11.05.2026 Rupesh Kumar ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present :- Mr. Yashveer Kharb, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Kuljinder Dhindsa, AAG, Punjab. RAJESH BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) 1. Present second petition has been filed by the petitioner praying for grant of regular bail in case FIR No.141 dated 24.08.2022, under Sections 21(C), 29/31/61 and 85 of the NDPS Act, 1985 (Section 201 of IPC added later on), registered at Police Station Kartarpur, District Jalandhar Rural. 2. Succinctly, facts of the case are that the police while patrolling on 24.08.2022 when reached near Kartarpur bus stand, they saw two young men standing. They were having kit bag with them. On suspicion, both were stopped by the police and on asking, they disclosed their names to be Ajit Kumar and Rupesh Kumar (present petitioner). They were suspected to be carrying some contraband in the kit bag being carried by them. The search of both the individuals and the kit bag carried by them was conducted. On conducting the search of Ajit Kumar,