211 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Dalbir Singh @ Bira ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Date of Decision: March 18, 2026 Date of Uploading: March 18, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Manish Kansra, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case FIR No.297 dated 23.12.2025, under Sections 21(b), 27-A, 29, 61, 85 of the NDPS Act, 1985, at Police Station B Division, District Amritsar.

2. On 18.02.2026, the following order was passed:

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Learned counsel contends that the name of the petitioner surfaced based on the disclosure statement of the co-accused Baldev Singh @ Gora, from whom the alleged recovery of non-commercial quantity of contraband, it being 65 grams of heroin, has been effected. He relies on the judgment passed by Hon’ble the Supreme Court in the case of Toofan Singh Vs. State of Tamil Nadu, 2021 (1) RCR (Criminal) 1. The petitioner is not involved in any other case and he is ready and w