IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 09.09.2025 Pronounced on: 18.09.2025 Rajinder Singh @ Mappa ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA Present: Mr. P.S. Sekhon, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Jasdev Singh Thind, DAG, Punjab.

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ANOOP CHITKARA, J.

FIR No. Dated Police Station Sections

16 15.01.2025 Special Task Force (Mohali) 21 and 29 NDPS Act Distt. SAS Nagar, Mohali

1. The petitioner incarcerated in the FIR captioned above had come up before this Court under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, [BNSS], seeking regular bail.

2. As per paragraph 14 of the bail application, the petitioner has no criminal antecedents. However as per the custody certificate dated 08.09.2025, the petitioner has following criminal antecedents:

Sr. No. FIR No. Dated Offenses Police Station

1. 126 13.07.2008 379, 411 IPC Ghall Khurd

3. The facts and allegations are taken from the status report dated 16.08.2025 filed by the State. On 15.01.2025, based on secret information, the Police seized 266 grams of heroin from the co-accused Dilbagh Singh’s possession. The Investigator claims to have complied with all th