IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

217 CRM-M-45653-2025 (O&M) Date of decision : 17.02.2026 Sunny ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. Pranav Goyal, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, AAG, Punjab.

MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral)

1. Prayer in this petition, filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in FIR No. 0090 dated 13.04.2025, registered under Section 21 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) [Section 29 of the NDPS Act added later on] at Police Station City South, District Moga.

2. Brief facts of the case relevant for the purpose of disposal of this petition are that on 13.04.2025, on the basis of a secret information, the petitioner was apprehended by a police party headed by ASI Jarnail Singh and recovery of 250 grams of heroin was effected from him. The petitioner was formally arrested at the spot. He suffered disclosure statement admitting his involvement in the subject crime and also named one Sukhwinder Singh as his associate, who was also nominated i