IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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CRM-M No.5444 of 2026 Date of decision : 24.3.2026 Date of uploading : 25.3.2026 Manjit Singh alias Kaka ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Barjinder Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG, Punjab ---

SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

1. Present 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.5 dated 3.2.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 21-C, 25 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) at Police Station City Bhindi Saidan, District Amritsar.

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 2.5 Kgs. of heroin allegedly recovered from the petitioner and his co-accused.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 3.2.2025. Learned counsel for the petitioner has further submitted that the mandatory provisions of the NDPS Act have not be