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

214 CRM-M-9807-2026 (O&M) Date of decision : 08.04.2026 Sonu ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. J. S. Bhinder, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, 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 in case bearing FIR No. 446 dated 09.10.2024, registered under Sections 22 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) at Police Station City Barnala, District Barnala. His previous petition was dismissed as withdrawn on 27.11.2025.

2. Brief facts of the case relevant for the disposal of the present petition are that on 09.10.2024, on the basis of a secret information, the petitioner along with co-accused Veer Kaur, Gurmail Singh @ Gola, Satnam Singh @ Satti and Baljinder Singh @ Kaka was apprehended by a police party and recovery of 900 loose intoxicant tablets was effected from their joint conscious possession. On personal search of the petitio