IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

224 CRM-M-12273-2026 Date of decision: 06.04.2026 MANDEEP KUMAR ALIAS MANI ….Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. G.S. Hundal, Advocate for Mr. Vikramjeet Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Amit Shukla, DAG, Punjab.

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RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL)

1. Through the instant petition filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (For short “BNSS”), the petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in case FIR No.164 dated 18.09.2025 registered under Sections 21(C), 27, 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, at Police Station City Malout, District Sri Muktsar Sahib.

2. On 24.03.2026, the following order was passed by this Court: -

“Prayer in the present petition filed under Section

482 of the BNSS, 2023 is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.164 dated 18.09.2025 registered under Sections 21(C), 27, 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, at Police Station City Malout, District Sri Muktsar Sahib.

Brief facts as per the prosecution case are that on

18.09.2025, S.I. Kulbir Chand