IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

221 CRM-M-25603-2026 Date of decision: 18.05.2026 MANPREET SINGH ALIAS PANCH ….Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. L.S. Sekhon, Senior Advocate with Mr. Parshant, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Amrit Kaur Mahir, AAG, Punjab.

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RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL)

1. Through the instant petition filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (For short “BNSS”), the petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in case FIR No.118 dated 09.12.2025 registered under Section 21, 27 and 29 of the NDPS Act and Sections 331(3) and 305 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, at Police Station Sehna, District Barnala.

2. On 07.05.2026, the following order was passed by this Court: -

“Prayer in the present petition filed under Section

482 of the BNSS, 2023 is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.118 dated 09.12.2025 registered under Section 21, 27 and 29 of the NDPS Act and Sections 331(3) and 305 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, at Police Station Sehna, District Barnala.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitio