# WILLIAM MASIH ALIAS AKASH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court
Date: 2026-07-16
Citation: CRM-M 14478/2026
Petitioner: WILLIAM MASIH ALIAS AKASH
Respondent: STATE OF PUNJAB

[Official PDF on Punjab and Haryana High Court website](https://livedb9010.phhc.gov.in/public/judgments/order-pdf?case_type=CRM-M&case_no=14478&case_year=2026&order_date=2026-07-16&order_type=FINAL)

## Judgment text (excerpt)

CRM-M-14478-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 218 CRM-M-14478-2026 Date of Decision:16.07.2026 WILLIAM MASIH ALIAS AKASH ....PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB .....RESPONDENT CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S.GREWAL. Present: Mr. Harmanpreet Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. H.S. GREWAL, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been under section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Section 439 of Cr.P.C.) for grant of Regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No. 9 dated 11.01.2024 u/s 21, 29, 61, 25,85 of the NDPS Act, 1985 registered at Police Station Gharinda, District Amritsar Rural. 2. The case of the prosecution is that on 11.01.2024, while the police party was on patrol duty, a secret informer informed them that two persons, namely William Masih and Akash Masih, were present near Rajasansi Jhanjoti on a motorcycle bearing registration No. PB-02-EG-8599 and were carrying a huge quantity of heroin. Acting upon the said information, the police party laid a naka/checkpoint at the disclosed place. After some time, the two accused were spotted approaching on the said RENU RAWAT 2026.07.17 16.40 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this docume

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