IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 2^nd April, 2026 Sunny Kumar ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. R.S. Dhillon, 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. 197 dated 10.06.2023 registered under Section 22 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 at Police Station Islamabd, District Amritsar, on the allegations that on 10.06.2023, he was found in conscious possession of 10800 intoxicating tablets of Alprazolam. The previous petition as filed by the petitioner had been dismissed vide order dated 10.07.2025.

2. It is argued by learned counsel for the petitioner that he has been falsely implicated in this case. After dismissal of his previous petition, there has not been much progress in the trial as only 05 prosecution witnesses have been examined so far. There are no chances of conclusion of trial in ne