AMIT KUMAR @ RAJAN vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-24703-2026(O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-24703-2026(O&M) Date of decision: 10.07.2026 Amit Kumar @ Rajan … Petitioner Versus State of Punjab … Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH Present: Mr. Arjunveer Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. M.S. Bhullar, DAG, Punjab. *** SANJAY VASHISTH, J. (ORAL) 1. The instant petition has been filed under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 (earlier Section 439 Cr.P.C.), for grant of regular bail to the petitioner, during the pendency of trial, who has been booked in a criminal case arising out of First Information Report, as detailed hereunder:- Name of FIR Date Section(s) Police Station District Petitioner(s) No. 21, 22, 25, 29 of NDPS Amit Kumar 72 23.05.2020 Act, and 467, 468, 471, Barnala @ Rajan Mehal Kalan 120-B of IPC [338, 336(3), 340(2), 61(2) BNS 2. The instant 4th petition for grant of regular bail has been filed by the petitioner in a case where heavy quantity of narcotic drugs have been recovered. Against the order declining relief of bail, the petitioner had approached the Hon’ble Apex Court, which, vide order dated 13.08.2025, directed the trial to be concluded within a period