221 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Satnam Singh ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab ….Respondent Date of Decision: February 03, 2026 Date of Uploading: February 03, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Ms. Kadambari Bhan, Advocate and Mr. Vivek Dahiya, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

Present second petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No.29 dated 07.03.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Section 22 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) (Sections 27-A, 29, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act and Section 111 of BNS, 2023 added later on), at Police Station Banur, District Patiala.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that the petitioner is an accused of being involved in an FIR pertaining to NDPS Act involving alleged recovery of 900 intoxicant tablets (Diphenoxylate Hydrochloride and Atropine Sulphate) weighing 55.8 grams from the petitioner.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the pet