IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 07.04.2026 MANJIT SINGH ... Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA (cid:1)

Present: Mr. P.S. Dhaliwal, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Roshandeep Singh, AAG, Punjab **** (cid:1)

MANISHA BATRA, J. (ORAL)

1. The instant one is the third petition preferred by the petitioner under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNSS”) for grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR No.49 dated 20.03.2024 registered under Section 22 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (for short “NDPS”) at Police Station STF Mohali, District STF Wing. His previous petitions were dismissed as withdrawn vide order dated on 26.05.2025 and 02.09.2025.

2. As per the allegations, on 20.03.2024, a secret information was received to the effect that the petitioner alongwith the co-accused Balwinder Singh was involved in the sale of intoxicant tablets and at that point of time, they were going from Village Jodhpur to Barnala by Khuddi Kalan on a motorbike for supplying intoxicant tablets to their customers. It was further informed that they could be appreh