GAGANDEEP SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

230 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh Criminal Misc. No. M-26624 of 2026 Date of Decision: 16.07.2026 Gagandeep Singh ... Petitioner(s) Versus State of Punjab ... Respondent(s) CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Surya Partap Singh. Present: Mr. S.S.Sahu and Ms. Abhaysher Singh, Advocate for the petitioner(s). Mr. Rohit Bansal, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondent. Surya Partap Singh, J. 1. This petition for bail is the first petition filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of ‘the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023’. It has been filed with regard to a case arising out of FIR No. 89 dated 06.07.2025, for the commission of offence punishable under Section(s) 21(c) [Section 29 was added later on] of ‘the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985’, Police Station Sadiq, District Faridkot, Punjab. 2. The FIR of this case came into being at the instance of ‘ASI Harjinder Singh’. It was reported by the above named police officer that on on 05.07.2025, when he was leading a team of police officials, deputed for patrolling duty, at about 08:10 P.M. he spotted two persons standing near the boundary wall of the office of Committee. As per