IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 13.10.2025 Satpal Singh ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab ….Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Parveen Kumar Garg, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Gurpartap S. Bhullar, AAG, Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

1. Present petition is the 3rd petition, which has been filed under Section 483 of BNSS 2023 for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.83 dated 14.07.2023 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 22/29/61/85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’), at Police Station Dirba, District Sangrur.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that the petitioner is an accused of being involved in FIR pertaining to NDPS Act involving 5000 intoxicant tablets of Alprazolam and 5000 intoxicant tablets of Tramadol, allegedly recovered from the petitioner and his co-accused.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the petitioner was initially arrested on 14.07.2023. Learned counsel for the petitioner has further submitted that the mandatory provisions of the NDPS Act have not been complied with, and