IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 01.09.2025 Pronounced on: 15.09.2025 Satbir Singh -Petitioner Versus State of Haryana -Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA Present: Mr. Satnam Singh Gill, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Jasmine Gill, A.A.G., Haryana.

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ANOOP CHITKARA, J.

FIR No. Dated Police Station Sections

54 25.01.2025 Krishna Gate, Thanesar 22(C) of NDPS Act (Section Kurukshetra, District 29 of NDPS Act added later Kurukshetra on)

1. The petitioner incarcerated in the FIR captioned above has come up before this Court under Section 483 BNSS, 2023, for the grant of regular bail in the FIR captioned above.

2. Counsel for the petitioner confines his prayer for interim bail on medical ground and submits that the petitioner has Coronary Artery Disease with EF 25%-30% and he is continuously receiving treatment at the hospital. He further submits that he be allowed interim bail for a substantial period, and he undertakes to comply with every condition imposed by this Court.

3. The petitioner’s counsel submits that the petitioner would have no objection whatsoever to any stringent conditions that this Court may impose, including that if the petitioner repeats the offense or commits any non-bailable offense which provides for a sentence of imprisonment for more than seven years, or commits any offence under the NDPS Act, where the quantity involved is more than half of the intermediate, or commercial quantity, or violates S. 19, or 24, or 27-A of the NDPS Act, the State may file an application to revoke this bail before the concerned Court having jurisdiction over this FIR, which shall have the authority to cancel this bail, and may do so at their discretion, to which the petitioner shall have no objection.

4. The State’s Counsel could not oppose the medical condition of the petitioner and in compliance with the previous orders, has placed on record the petitioner’s medical report prepared by Medical Officer, District Jail Kurukshetra, which reads as follows:

“MEDICAL STATUS RPEORT Name of Prisoner: Satbir s/o Mani Ram Status: Under Trial Prisoner Confinement at: District Jail Kurukshetra As per available records, Satbir s/o Mani Ram presently confined at District Jail Kurukshetra has K/C/O CAD (Coronary Artery Disease) with EF 25%-30%. His P/PCI LAD done in year 2021. His CAG was done in 2023 suggestive of DVD and P/PCI-RCA was done. Also, he has Severe Sleep Apnea Syndrome. Presently, he is getting treatment from PGIMER Chandigarh where he has been managed through medication and advised for CPAP support for 4- 6 hours during day and 6-8 hours during night. Due to non- availability of CPAP facility at District Jail Hospital Kurukshetra, he was referred to Govt. LNJP Hospital Kurukshetra on dated

29.08.2025 for further management.

The Medical Officer at Govt. LNJP Hospital Kurukshetra after due discussion with Dr. Atul (Medicine) referred the said jail inmate to PGIMER Sector-12 Chandigarh at Cardiology Department for further management.

Present medical condition of the jail inmate may be obtained from PGIMER Chandigarh.

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Medical Officer Distt. Jail Kurukshetra”

5. The medical report of the petitioner clearly makes out a case for interim bail on medical grounds.

6. Given the above, this court considers it appropriate on humanitarian ground to grant him time to recoup and take care of his health and is inclined to grant him interim bail until 11 AM on 15-Dec-2025.

7. Given above, provided the petitioner is not required in any other case, the petitioner shall be released on interim bail in the FIR captioned above, subject to furnishing bonds to the satisfaction of the concerned Court and due to unavailability before any nearest Ilaqa Magistrate/duty Magistrate, with or without sureties, with maximum bond amount not to exceed INR 10,000/.

8. Before accepting the surety, the concerned Court must be satisfied that if the accused fails to appear, the surety is capable of producing the accused. Howev