IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

230 CRM-M-17751-2026 (O&M)

Date of decision: 08.04.2026 Jobanpreet Singh @ Joban ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. Ranjodh Singh Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Roshandeep Singh, AAG, Punjab.

MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral)

1. The instant one is the second petition that has been filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail to him in case bearing FIR No. 44 dated 21.06.2024, registered under Sections 21(C), 27-A and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) at Police Station Sarai Amanat Khan, District Tarn Taran. His previous petition was dismissed as withdrawn on 15.12.2025.

2. Brief facts of the case relevant for the disposal of the present petition are that on 21.06.2024, the petitioner and co-accused Dilpreet Singh @ Dil were apprehended by a police party, while they were coming on a motorcycle and recovery of 375 grams of heroin was effected from them. Since they could not produce any valid license or permit to keep in their possessi