SONU KUMAR SAROJ vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRR-501-2026 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 238 CRR-501-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 17.07.2026 Sonu Kumar Saroj ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. Pushp Jain, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Roshandeep Singh, AAG, Punjab. MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral) 1. The present criminal revision petition has been filed assailing the order dated 27.01.2026 passed by the learned Judge, Special Court, Kapurthala, whereby the application filed by the petitioner under Section 187(3) of the BNSS (erstwhile Section 167(2) Cr.P.C.) seeking statutory/default bail was dismissed and simultaneously, the application moved by the prosecution for extension of time to present the final report was allowed. The petitioner seeks setting aside of the impugned order and prays for grant of statutory/default bail. 2. The prosecution case arises out of FIR No.163 dated 15.07.2025 registered at Police Station City Phagwara, District Kapurthala under Section 22 of the NDPS Act, 1985, to which Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 was subsequently added. The petitioner, a registered pharmacist,