GURPREET SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-28046-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 212 CRM-M-28046-2026 GURPREET SINGH ....PETITIONER V/s STATE OF PUNJAB ....RESPONDENT Date of decision: 15.07.2026 Date of uploading: 15.07.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Sumit Tyagi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG, Punjab. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. ORAL 1. On 18.05.2026, the following order was passed:- “Apprehending his arrest in FIR No.0037 dated 27.02.2026, registered for offences punishable under Sections 21(b) and 27(a) of the NDPS Act, 1985 (Sections 29/61/85 of the NDPS Act added later on), at Police Station Cantonment, District Amritsar; the petitioner has preferred this petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking pre-arrest bail. Inter alia, contends that the petitioner is sought to be implicated into the FIR in question solely on the basis of a disclosure statement made by coaccused from whom the contraband in question has been allegedly recovered & the petitioner is willing to join investigation and cooperate therein. In order to buttress his arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner has relied upon the dicta of the