216 (4^th case)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: September 15, 2025 Boota Singh alias Buta Singh ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab ….Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Sahil Soi, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.226 dated 15.11.2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 15, 25, 27-A, 29, 61 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) [Section 31 of the NDPS Act, Sections 25, 54 of the Arms Act, 1959 (for short ‘Arms Act’) and Section 25(1)(B) of the Arms Act added later on], at Police Station Sadar, Jalandhar District Police Commissionerate, Jalandhar.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that on 15.11.2024, at about 12:05 a.m., co-accused, namely, Guravtar Singh Tari (driver) and Des Raj (co- passenger) while they were travelling in a car bearing registration No.PB-09-Q- 4590, and similarly, another co-accused, Daler Singh