IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 01.10.2025 Pronounced on: 31.10.2025 Amolak Singh @ Anmol ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA Present: Mr. Ruhani Chadha, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Iqbalpreet Singh, AAG, Punjab.

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ANOOP CHITKARA, J.

FIR No. Dated Police Station Sections

03 03.01.2025 Goindwal Sahib, 18(b), 20, 21(C) of NDPS Act District Tarn Taran and Sections 42, 52A of Prisons Act (Section 22-C of NDPS Act added later on)

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. Per paragraph 16 of the bail petition and the reply/custody certificate, the petitioner has the following criminal antecedents:

Sr. No. FIR No. Date Offenses Police Station

1 306 04.10.2023 21(C), 29 of NDPS act STF 2 134 05.09.2024 21C/25/29 of NDPS Act STF

3. The facts and allegations are taken from the reply filed by the State, which reads as follows:

“3. That the true facts pertaining to the present case are that on 03.01.2025, between 12:30 PM to 01:40 PM, checking in Barrack No.5 of Ward No.6, was conducted on the basis of secret information, which led to recovery of 12 touchscreen mobile phones. I keypad mobile phone and other prohibited/contraband items by breaking the flood of the pit made inside the barrack for inmates i.e. 2 VIVO mobile phones, without SIM, one Oppo Mobile phone having one Airtel Sim No.0923, ID 89910009211291445550, one VIVO mobile phone having one Airtel Sim ID 899100921318695505 and one JIO Sim ID 8991867040036507254, two Redmi mobile phones without Sim, one Oppo mobile phone without SIM, one Realme mobile phone having one Airtel SIM ID 8991000921129118336 U, one Redmi mobile phone having one Airtel SIM ID 8991000922507132873 U, one MOTOROLA keypad mobile phone, three mobile chargers, 6 airpods, one data cable, 16 earphones, 9 yellow tapes and 2 white tapes wrapped packets of substance containing 5150 intoxicant tablets, one packet wrapped in white tape containing sulphate like narcotic substance, weighing 218 grams, two packets wrapped in yellow envelopes containing opium, weighing 102 grams including envelope, 12 yellow and 8 white wrapped packets containing substance like heroin, weighing 1255 grams including envelope and in this regard, the present case FIR No.03 dated 01.01.2025, under section 18(b)/20/21- C/22-C of the NDPS Act & 42/52-A of the Prison Act has been registered at Police Station Goindwal Sahib, District Tarn Taran against 2 unknown person.

4. That during the course of investigation on 09.01.2025, the Investigating Officer sought the list of the inmates of Barrack No.5 of Ward No.06 of Central Jail, Sri Goindwal Sahib and total 36 inmates were found to be lodged in Barrack No.5 and from the said 36 inmates, several cases commercial cases under the provisions of NDPS Act have been registered against the petitioner namely Amolak Singh alias Anmol as well as co- accused Angrej singh alias Raja, Chamkaur Singh alias Soni, Deepak Kumar alias Deepa Kochar and Palwinder Singh alias Bhinder and on the basis of which, the petitioner namely Amolak Singh alias Anmol along with 35 other co-accused have been nominated in the present case vide DDR No.41 dated 09.01.2025, incorporated in Roznamcha at Police Station Goindwal Sahib, District Tarn Taran.

5. That during the course of investigation, the arrest of the petitioner namely Amolak Singh alias Anmol as well as co-accused Chamkaur Singh alias Soni, Angrej Singh alias Raja, Deepak Kumar alias Deepa alias Kochar and Palwinder Singh alias Bhinder has been made in the present case on 11.01.2025 after obtaining production warrants from the learned Court of Illaqa Magistrate, Khadur Sahib, District Tarn Taran.

6. That during the course of investigation, the investigation of the present case was marked to the undersigned and for conducting investigation in the