222 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: October 13, 2025 Vishal Singh @ Vishal ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab ….Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advocate for Mr. B.S. Bhalla, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Baljinder Singh Sra, Additional AG 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.19 dated 01.03.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Section 21 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) (Section 29 of the NDPS Act added later on), at Police Station Lopoke, District Amritsar Rural.

2. The gravamen of the allegations against the petitioner is that the petitioner is an accused of being involved in an FIR pertaining to NDPS Act involving alleged recovery of 254 grams of Heroin from the pocket of trouser of the petitioner on 01.03.2025, when he was apprehended by the police on the basis of secret information.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the petitione