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

305 CRM-M-54037-2025 (O&M)

Date of decision: 18.02.2026 Amritpal Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Dr. S. K. Passi, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, AAG, Punjab.

MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral)

1. The instant one is the second petition that has been filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to him in case arising out of FIR No. 111 dated 08.11.2024, registered under Section 22 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) [Section 29 of the NDPS Act and Section 111 of BNS, 2023 added later on] at Police Station Banur, District Patiala. The previous petition was dismissed as withdrawn on 20.05.2025.

2. Brief facts of the case relevant for the disposal of the present petition are that on 08.11.2024, Inspector Gursewak Singh along with other police officials was on patrolling duty. The police party noticed suspicious movement of a motorcycle bearing registration number PB-39-H-7469, make Splendor, which was followed by an Activa scooter