IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH DATE OF DECISION: 21.01.2026 Makhan Singh ........Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab .........Respondent CORAM HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBHAS MEHLA Present Mr.Amarinder Kaur, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Subhash Godara, Addl. AG, Punjab.

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SUBHAS MEHLA, J (ORAL)

1. By way of the present petition, the petitioner is seeking regular bail in FIR No.66 dated 03.07.2020, under Section 22,25 (lateron added Section 29) of NDPS Act, 1985 registered at Police Station Rureke Kalan, District Barnala.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that the petitioner is falsely involved in this case as he has nothing to do with the present case; he was involved on the basis of disclosure statement of one person namely Sunny; he is not named by the co-accused that the contraband is to be supplied to him; the co-accused from whose possession the contraband was recovered already granted bail by Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 20.12.2023, passed in CRM-M-63157-2023 and placed on record a copy of said order; that the present petitioner is in custody for the last more than one year and trial will taken sufficient time to conclude, t