(117-a) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 24.03.2026 NAMANDEEP SINGH ... Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr.Vipin Mahajan, Senior Advocate with Mr. Vikrant Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Harkanwar Jeet Singh, AAG, Punjab.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J.

The prayer in the present petition under Section 483 BNSS is for the grant of regular bail in case bearing FIR No.21 dated 14.03.2025 registered under Sections 21(c), 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act, Sections 10, 11, 11(a) of Aircraft Act and Sections 25, 54 and 59 of Arms Act at Police Station Dorangala.

2. The brief facts of the case are that Kuldip Singh, Baljinder Singh and Namandeep Singh (petitioner) were apprehended by a police party. Kuldip Singh threw a packet on the ground which was found to contain 255 grams of heroin. FIR No.34 dated 15.04.2025 under Sections 21(c), 61 and 85 of NDPS Act, Section 111 of BNS and Sections 29, 61 and 85 of NDPS Act (Section 52 of Prison Act added later on) came to be registered against them. The arrested accused disclosed that FIR No.21 dated 14.03.2025 under Sections 21(c), 61 and 85 of t