IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 06.03.2026 Date of uploading: 06.03.2026 Harchand Singh @ Chand ….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ….Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. L.S. Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Hemant Aggarwal, DAG, Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

1. Present petition is the second attempt, which has been filed under Section 483 of BNSS 2023 for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.18 dated 26.02.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 22 & 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’), at Police Station Passiana, District Patiala.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that the petitioner is an accused of being involved in FIR pertaining to NDPS Act involving 404 loose capsules of maroon colour bearing marking of Proxywel Spas containing salt ‘Tramadol Hydrochloride’ and 400 loose tablets of white colour containing salt ‘Dicyclomine Hydrochloride’, allegedly recovered from the co-accused of the petitioner namely Parmal Kaur.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the petitioner is in custod