VIJAY KUMAR ALAIS LADDI vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-32769-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 142 CRM-M-32769-2026 Vijay Kumar alias Laddi ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent Date of decision: 15.07.2026 Date of Uploading : 16.07.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Kartik Gandhi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Hemant Aggarwal, DAG Punjab. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (Oral) 1. 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.149 dated 02.08.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 15 and 25 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) (Section 29 of the NDPS Act added later on), at Police Station Sadar Jagraon, District Ludhiana. 2. The gravamen of allegations against the petitioner is that he is an accused of being involved in an FIR pertaining to NDPS Act involving alleged recovery of 280 kgs of poppy husk. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the petitioner is in custody since 02.08.2025. Learned counsel has further submitted that mandatory provisions of the NDP