IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision:23.01.2026 Arshdeep Singh ... Petitioner Vs.

State of Punjab ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Ruhani Chadha, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Roshandeep Singh, AAG, Punjab.

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Manisha Batra, J. (Oral).

1. The instant petition has been filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNSS”) for grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR No.60, dated 02.04.2025 registered under Section 21-B of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short “NDPS”) (offences under Sections 21-C and 29 of the NDPS Act are added lateron), at Police Station Chheharta, District Amritsar, Punjab, on the allegations, that on 02.04.2025, the accused-Rohit Sharma alias Rohit was apprehended by a Police party and he was found in conscious possession of 150 grams of heroin kept in a black coloured polythene. He was formally arrested. The recovered contraband was taken into possession by the Police. The accused-Rohit Sharma was interrogated and suffered disclosure statement, on the basis of which, the present petitioner and co-accused Abhishek Singh @ Ab