IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Manik ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent Sr. No. Particulars Details 1 The date when the judgment is reserved 13.02.2026 2 The date when the judgment is pronounced 18.02.2026

3 The date when the judgment is uploaded on the website Whether only operative part of the judgment is pronounced or full

4 Full judgment is pronounced The delay, if any, of the pronouncement of full judgment, and Not

5 reasons thereof applicable CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Ms. G.K. Mann, Senior Advocate with Ms. Chandrika, Advocate, Ms. Shruti, Advocate and Ms. Simrat, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab.

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MANISHA BATRA, J :-

The instant one is the third petition filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner seeking grant of regular bail in case bearing FIR No. 115 dated 10.05.2024 registered under Section 21 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) (Section 27-A of NDPS Act added later on) at Police Station Gharinda, District Amritsar Rural. His previous two petitions had been