IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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CRM-M No.20780 of 2026 Date of decision : 17.4.2026 Date of uploading : 17.4.2026 Karan ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Ruhani Chadha, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Baljinder Singh Sra, Addl. AG, Punjab ---

SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL)

1. Present second petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.60 dated 18.4.2025 under Sections 25 of Arms Act, 1959 and Sections 21-C, 27-A and 29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and Sections 212 and 216 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, registered at Police Station Lopoke, District Amritsar.

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 2.019 Kgs. of heroin alongwith 7 pistols, 7 cartridges and ₹2 lakhs drug money, allegedly recovered from the petitioner and his co-accused namely Jatinder Singh and Ranjit Singh @ Jeet.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that the petitioner is i