IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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CRM-M No.2785 of 2026 (O & M)

Date of decision : 24.3.2026 Date of uploading : 25.3.2026 Jugraj Singh @ Joga ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. S.S. Brar, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG, Punjab ---

SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

1. Present 2nd petition has been filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.181 dated 14.8.2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 21, 29 and 18 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) at Police Station Sadar Jalandhar, District Jalandhar.

2. The gravamen of the allegations against the petitioner is that he is an accused of being involved in an FIR pertaining to NDPS Act involving 5 Kg.58 grams of opium (allegedly recovered from the petitioner), 1 Kg.25 grams of heroin (allegedly recovered from Manjit Singh) and 45 Kgs. of poppy husk (allegedly recovered from Parkash Singh), and the petitioner was nominated on the disclosure statement of co-accused Manjit Singh.

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