IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Berjesh alias Brjesh ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab ….Respondent Date of Decision: February 12, 2026 Date of Uploading: February 12, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Arshvir Singh Sandhu, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab.

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SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No.103 dated 01.09.2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 18 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’), at Police Station IT City, District SAS Nagar (Mohali), Punjab.

2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that the petitioner is an accused of being involved in FIR pertaining to NDPS Act involving alleged recovery of 4.5 Kgs. of opium from the petitioner and his co-accused, on

01.09.2024.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the petitioner is in custody since 01.09.2024. Learned counsel for the petitioner has further submitted that mandatory provisions of N