GURPREET SINGH @ LADDI vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-9600-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 217 CRM-M-9600-2026 Date of decision : 14.07.2026 Date of uploading:15.07.2026 GURPREET SINGH @ LADDI ………….Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Nikhil Ghai, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG, Punjab. --- SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 1. Present 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.175 dated 24.11.2025, under Sections 15, 21, 61, 85 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (offender under Section 29 of NDPS Act added later on) (offence under Section 111 of BNS and 27-A of NDPS Act added on 16.01.2026 and under Sections 25/54/59 of Arms Act, registered at Police Station Khanna, District Ludhiana. 2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that the petitioner is an accused of being involved in an FIR pertaining to NDPS Act involving alleged recovery of 10 grams of heroin, 5 kg 600 grams of poppy husk, one country-made pistol, and ₹2,000/- alleged to be drug money. JATIN 3. Learned counsel for the