JASPAL SINGH @ PALA vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-37755-2026 1 213 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-37755-2026 Date of Decision: 17.07.2026 JASPAL SINGH @ PALA ...Petitioner Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIRINDER AGGARWAL Present: Mr. B.S.Bhalla, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Baljinder Singh Sra, Addl. AG, Punjab. VIRINDER AGGARWAL, J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding to Section 439 Cr.P.C.), seeking grant of regular bail to the petitioner in FIR No. 88 dated 08.04.2026, registered under Sections 22, 27-A and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, at Police Station B-Division, Police District Amritsar, during the pendency of trial. 2. As per the prosecution case, on 08.04.2026, ASI Munish Kumar along with other police officials was on patrol duty in the area of Ganda Singh Colony, Tarn Taran Road, Amritsar, in search of suspicious persons. At about 10:30 PM, when the police party reached near Ganda Singh Colony Ground, a person was seen coming from the opposite direction while carrying a black coloured polythene envelope in his right hand. On seei