IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH *****

CRM-M No.8543 of 2026 Date of decision : 16.2.2026 Date of uploading : 17.2.2026 Joga Singh ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. A.K. Khunger, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Adhiraj Singh Thind, AAG Punjab ---

SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

1. The present petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) seeking quashing of the order dated 28.7.2025 (Annexure P-4) passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fazilka, whereby regular bail granted to the petitioner was been cancelled and his bail bonds and surety bonds were forfeited to the State in case FIR No.71 dated 4.7.2023, registered under Sections 18 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (Sections 27 and 29 of NDPS Act added later on) at Police Station Bahawala, District Fazilka.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the petitioner had been earlier granted the concession of regular bail by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fazilka vide order dated 4.8.2023 and was regularly appearing before the trial Court. Lea