IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 01.10.2025 Pronounced on: 28.10.2025 Satpal Singh ...Petitioner Versus Union of India, Narcotics Control Bureau, Zonal Unit, Amritsar …Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA Present: Mr. Rishu Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Rajiv Sharma (Hissarwale), Special Public Prosecutor, NCB with Mr. Vinayak Atre, Advocate and Ms. Indu Bala Sharma, Advocate for the respondent-NCB.

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ANOOP CHITKARA, J.

NCB Crime Dated Police Station Sections No.

6 28.12.2023 NCB Zonal Unit, 8, 21, 23, 25, 27A, 29 & 60 of Amritsar NDPS Act

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

2. Per paragraph 14A of the bail petition and the reply/custody certificate, the petitioner has no criminal antecedents.

3. The facts and allegations are taken from the reply filed by the NCB, the relevant portion of which reads as follows:

“2. That the brief facts of the case are that on 28.12.2023 at about 1115 Hrs. an information was received from Inspector Sanjay Singh Reg. No. 123503868 Offg. Coy Commander, BOP-Ghoga, 183BN BSF Amritsar by Sh. Balwant Rai, Inspector, NCB, Zonal Unit, Amritsar that the troops of BOP-Ghoga, 183Bn, BSF Ajnala, Amritsar had apprehended some persons (Indian Nationals) along with one motorcycle and recovered two packets of narcotic substance from their possession which a drone has dropped the same under the jurisdiction of BOP- Ghoga and the BSF wants to hand over the same to NCB, Amritsar for further legal proceedings as per law.”

4.

The petitioner's counsel refers to the bail petition and submits that Suchha Singh is the main accused.

5. The petitioner's counsel prays for bail by imposing any stringent conditions and contends that further pre-trial incarceration would cause an irreversible injustice to the petitioner and their family.

6. Counsel for the NCB opposes bail and refers to following portion of the reply, which reads as follows:-

“That, in his voluntary statement, Satpal Singh, S/o Deelip @ Dalip Singh (one of the co-accused) admitted the manner and factum of recovery seized 0.820kg of Heroin and his involvement in the trafficking of Heroin. He further revealed that he is the brother of Sucha Singh and his mobile number is 9517766416. On 27.12.2023, Sucha Singh told him that some packets of Heroin were to come through a drone from Pakistan Side on 28.12.2023 in the early morning. For this work, his brother Sucha Singh was to give him Rs. 10,000/-. Thereafter he and Sucha Singh reached at the house of Balwinder Singh, S/o-Ujagar Singh. The house of Balwinder Singh is his village, there all of them planned that they would go by the motorcycle of Balwinder Singh. The registration number of motorcycle is PB-02CK-4956. As per plan of Sucha Singh S/o Dalip Singh, he along with Balwinder Singh and Sucha Singh had reached at Sarwan Singh' village Bhindi Nain on 27.12.2023 at night by the motorcycle bearing number PB-02CK-4956 of Balwinder Singh and they all stayed at the House of Sarwan Singh S/o - Heera Singh, at night where they all planned to collect the consignment of Heroin which was to be dropped by a drone near fencing of Indo-Pak Border from Pakistan side. On 28.12.2023 in the early morning around 0630hrs, as per plan of Sucha Singh, he along with Balwinder Singh, Sarwan Singh and Sucha Singh went near border fencing near farm field of sugarcane to collect the packets of Heroin where after sometime 02 packets of Heroin was dropped by a drone from Pakistan side and they collected the packets of Heroin and handed over to Sucha Singh who further handed over to Balwinder Singh who kept both the packets of Heroin in his jacket. Thereafter, Balwinder Singh and Sucha Singh sit over the motorcycle bearing reg. no. PB02-CK-4956 and went towards the house of Sarwan Singh.

The motorcycle was being driven by Balwinder Singh.”