230 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Jaswant Singh @ Dogar ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab ….Respondent Date of decision: January 20, 2026 Date of Uploading: January 20, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Ashutosh Pandey, Advocate and Mr. Harinder Pal Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

Present second 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.0074 dated 25.06.2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 22-C & 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’), at Police Station Sirhind, District Fatehgarh Sahib.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that the petitioner is an accused of being involved in an FIR pertaining to NDPS Act involving alleged recovery of 50 injections of Buprenorphine and 50 vials of Avil from the petitioner and his co-accused.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the petitioner is in custody since 25.06.2024. Learned counsel for the petitioner has fu