IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Supandeep Singh @ Shiva ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab ….Respondent Date of Decision: March 25, 2026 Date of Uploading: March 25, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Rishu Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

Present second petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’)/439 Cr. P.C. for grant of regular bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No.52 dated 05.09.2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 21/ 21(c)/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’), at Police Station ‘D’ Division, District Amritsar.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that the petitioner is an accused of being involved in an FIR pertaining to NDPS Act involving alleged recovery of 252 grams of Heroin recovered from the petitioner.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the petitioner is in custody since 05.09.2024. Learned counsel has further submitted that mandatory provisions of the NDPS Act have not scrupulously been com