IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

245 *****

CRM-M No.10387 of 2026 Date of decision : 24.3.2026 Date of uploading : 25.3.2026 Balwinder Singh alias Binder ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Om Malhan, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG, Punjab ---

SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

1. Present 3rd 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.113 dated 28.7.2022, registered for the offences punishable under Section 22(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) (Charges were framed under Sections 22(b) and 22(c) of NDPS Act), at Police Station Nakodar Sadar, District Jalandhar Rural.

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 30 intoxicant tablets (having total 3.3 grams of buprenophine) and 155 intoxicant capsules (having total 20.77 grams of etizolam) allegedly recovered from the petitioner on 28.7.2022 while he was walking on foot and was appre