JATIN @ JATIN KUMAR vs STATE OF PUNJAB

117 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-33328-2026 Date of decision: July 17, 2026 Date of uploading: July 17, 2026 Jatin @ Jatin Kumar ….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ….Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Kuldeep Singh Siwach, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Adhiraj Singh, AAG, Punjab. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 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 bearing FIR No. 233 dated 04.12.2025, registered under Section 21 of the NDPS Act, 1985, at Police Station Sardulgarh, District Mansa. 2. The gravamen of the FIR in question pertains to recovery of 280 grams of heroin, allegedly recovered from the petitioner and his co-accused. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the petitioner is in custody since 04.12.2025. Learned counsel has further submitted that the mandatory provisions of the NDPS Act have not scrupulously been complied NAVEEN NAGPAL with, and thus, the prosecution case suffers from inherent defects. Learned 2026.07.17 16:19 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of thi