IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 03.07.2025.

Surinder Singh ...Petitioner.

Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents.

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CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUKHVINDER KAUR .......

Present: Mr. Kanishk Swaroop, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Gagandeep Kaur, DAG, Punjab.

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SUKHVINDER KAUR , J .

Present petition has been filed under Section 528 of BNSS for quashing of orders dated 17.04.2025 and 21.05.2025 (Annexures P4 and P5) passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala in FIR No.136 dated 02.07.2023, under Section 18/61/85 of NDPS Act, registered at Police Station Sadar Nabha, District Patiala, vide which the applications for preserving the call detail records and tower locations from the period of

01.06.2023 to 01.08.2023, have been dismissed.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that his prayer in the present petition be confined to preserving the call detail record and tower location, only regarding Inspector Gurpreet Singh Bhinder/ SHO Police Station Nabha and he does not press for preserving the call detail records and tower locations of others i.e. Amritpal Singh, Jai Parkash @ Kishore and Vinod. He inter-alia contended th