IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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CRM-M No.5074 of 2026 Date of decision : 7.4.2026 Date of uploading : 7.4.2026 Sunil Kumar ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Rahul Kadian, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Baljinder Singh Sra, Addl. AG, Punjab ---

SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

1. Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.8 dated 20.4.2023, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 21, 25, 27-A and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) at Police Station State Special Operations Cell, Amritsar District Intelligence Wing (CID).

2. The gravamen of the allegations against the petitioner is that he is an accused of being involved in an FIR pertaining to NDPS Act involving 4 Kgs. of heroin recovered from a black back kit allegedly fell down from the hands of accused persons on 20.4.2023 while they were fleeing in a car from the spot, after seeing the police party. Subsequently, ₹8.5 lakhs, was also allegedly recovered from a