(119) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 25.03.2026 HARPREET SINGH @ PEETU @ HAPPY ... Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Rishu Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Harkanwar Jeet Singh, Asstt. A.G., Punjab.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J.

The prayer in this 2^nd petition under Section 483 BNSS, 2023 is for the grant of regular bail in case bearing FIR No.51 dated 28.03.2024 registered under Sections 21(C)/23/29 of NDPS Act, P.S. STF, Mohali.

2. The brief facts of the case are that Harpreet Singh @ Peetu @

Happy (petitioner) came to be apprehended with 500 grams of heroin.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. The mandatory provisions of Sections 42 and 50 of the NDPS Act have not been complied with in their proper perspective. No independent witness was joined at the time of search and seizure. As the petitioner is a first-time offender, is in custody since 28.03.2024 but only 03 of the 19 prosecution witnesses have been examined so far, the trial of the present case is not likely to be concluded anyti