IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 18.02.2026 Date of uploading : 18.02.2026 Satyveer ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Gaurav Rana, Advocate, for the petitioner (cid:1)(cid:2)(cid:3)(cid:4)(cid:5)(cid:6)(cid:7)(cid:8)(cid:2)(cid:9)(cid:10)(cid:4)(cid:11)(cid:8)(cid:12)(cid:13)(cid:7)(cid:14)(cid:4)(cid:5)(cid:5)(cid:15)(cid:14)(cid:4)(cid:16)(cid:17)(cid:12)(cid:10)(cid:9)(cid:18)(cid:3)

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.160 dated 25.8.2024, registered for the offences punishable under Section 18-C of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) at Police Station Mandi Gobindgarh, Fatehgarh Sahib.

2. The gravamen of the allegations against the petitioner is that he is an accused of being involved in an FIR pertaining to NDPS Act involving 5 Kgs. of opium allegedly recovered from the petitioner and his co-accused on 24.8.2024 in the area of Anaj Mandi, Mandi Gobindgarh while they were goin