IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 2^nd April, 2026 Jaspal Singh @ Pala ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Raghav Soni, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab.

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MANISHA BATRA, J (ORAL):-

The instant one is the second petition filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner seeking grant of regular bail in case bearing FIR No. 94 dated 19.06.2024 registered under Sections 21, 27-A and 29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short, ‘NDPS Act’) at Police Station Chheharta, District Amritsar. His previous petition had been dismissed vide order dated 15.09.2025.

2. The petitioner along with the co-accused has been booked for the commission of aforementioned offences and is facing trial for the allegations that on 19.06.2024, he was found in conscious possession of 1 kg 500 grams of heroin. The same was taken into possession. The petitioner and co-accused were formally arrested. Investigation now stands concluded.

3. It is argued by learned counsel for the peti