(104) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-18128-2026 (O & M)

Date of Decision:06.04.2026 Buta Singh ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Monty Goyal, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Harkanwar Jeet Singh, AAG, Punjab.

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JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J.

The prayer in the present petition under Section 482 BNSS, 2023 (Section 438 Cr.P.C.) is for the grant of anticipatory bail in case bearing FIR No.09 dated 14.01.2026 under Sections 21, 27, 29, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act, 1985 registered at Police Station Jhunir, District Mansa, Punjab.

2. The brief facts of the case are that Vinay Kumar was apprehended and the recovery of 16 grams of heroin came to be effected from him. During the course of investigation, he disclosed that he purchased the recovered heroin from Buta Singh (petitioner).

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case on the basis of a disclosure statement of his co-accused without any corroborative evidence whatsoever. Therefore, he was entitled to the concession of anticipatory bail. He placed reliance on the judgme