IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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CRM-M No.17144 of 2026 Date of decision : 7.4.2026 Date of uploading : 7.4.2026 Gurtej Singh @ Vicky ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. G.S. Hundal, Advocate and Mr. Vikramjeet Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Gurcharan S. Rai, Senior DAG, Punjab ---

SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

1. Present 4^th petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.17 dated 12.3.2025, under Sections 22/29/61/85 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, registered at Police Station Thulliwal, District Barnala.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that the petitioner is an accused of being involved in an FIR pertaining to NDPS Act involving 4200 tablets containing 597 grams of alprozolam, allegedly recovered from the co-accused Balvir Singh alias Beeri and the petitioner has been nominated, in this case, on the disclosure of said co-accused Balvir Singh alias Beeri.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the petitioner