MANPREET SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-25723-2026 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 237 CRM-M-25723-2026 (O&M) Date of decision : 15.07.2026 Manpreet Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. K. S. Nagra, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Sakshi Bakshi, AAG, Punjab. MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral) 1. Prayer in this petition, filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in FIR No. 45 dated 20.03.2025, registered under Sections 22 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) and Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959 at Police Station Sadar Hoshiarpur, District Hoshiarpur. 2. Brief facts of the case relevant for the disposal of the present petition are that on 20.03.2025, on the basis of a secret information, co-accused Davinder Singh @ Poki was apprehended by a police party and recovery of 920 intoxicating tablets was effected from his conscious possession. Since he could not produce any valid license or permit to keep in his possession the recovered drugs, he was formally arrested at the spot. Recove