IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 16.04.2026 Date of uploading: 16.04.2026 Sandeep Singh @ Sunny ….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ….Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Robin Singh Bhullar, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Adhiraj Singh, AAG, Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

1. Present second 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.08 dated 16.2.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 21 and 29 (added later on) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’), at Police Station Hathur, District Ludhiana Rural.

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 307 grams of heroin and one small electronic scale, which were allegedly recovered from the petitioner.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the petitioner is in custody since 16.02.2025. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has been falsely im