IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2025 (arising out of SLP(Crl.) No. 18839/2025)
JAHID APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
Leave granted.
The appellant, Jahid, is aggrieved by
the judgment and final order dated
11.09.2025 passed by the High Court of
Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh in C.R.M-M
No. 49834/2025, denying him regular bail
in connection with First Information
Report (FIR) No. 601 dated 21.07.2024
registered with Police Station-Sector-58,
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District – Faridabad, Haryana, for the
offence punishable under Section 20 of the
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
Act, 19851 (Section 29 of the NDPS Act was
added during the investigation).
The appellant has been in prison
since 21.07.2024 and the allegation
against him is that his truck was used by
one Narendra Shah for transporting 195 kgs
and 810 gms of Ganja. Admittedly, this
contraband was seized from the house of
Narendra Shah and he stated that he had
transported the same by using the truck
belonging to the appellant from Odisha to
Faridabad, Haryana.
Though the State of Haryana filed its
counter affidavit/reply, there is no
mention therein as to how the prosecution
links the appellant’s truck with the
transport of the contraband from Odisha to
Faridabad, Haryana. There is no mention of
any investiga...