IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 03.09.2025 Pronounced on: 18.09.2025 Satpal Singh @ Satta ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA Present: Mr. Raman Kumar, Advocate for Mr. P.S. Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Pooja Nayar Sharma, D.A.G., Punjab.

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ANOOP CHITKARA, J.

FIR No. Dated Police Station Sections

65 03.05.2025 Badhni Kalan, 22, 27-B, 29 of NDPS Act District Moga and 111(2B) of BNS

1. The petitioner apprehending arrest in the FIR captioned above has come up before this Court under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, [BNSS], seeking anticipatory bail.

2. Per paragraph 14 of the bail application and paragraph 8(G) of status report, the petitioner has the following criminal antecedents:

3. Vide order dated 22.07.2025, the petitioner was granted interim protection and the said order is continuing till date.

4. The facts and allegation