YOGESH KUMAR vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-30099-2026 1 217 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-30099-2026 Date of Decision: 16.07.2026 YOGESH KUMAR ...Petitioner Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIRINDER AGGARWAL Present: Mr. Ankit Saini, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Baljinder Singh Sra, Addl. AG, Punjab. VIRINDER AGGARWAL, J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding to Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973) seeking the concession of regular bail to the petitioner in FIR No. 11 dated 21.01.2026 (Annexure P/1), initially registered under Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959, at Police Station Kotwali Patiala, District Patiala. During the course of investigation, Section 22 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 was also added. 2. The prosecution case, as set out in the FIR, is that on 21.01.2026, SI Jaswinder Singh along with other police officials was present at Bus Stand Sanauri, Patiala, in connection with patrolling and checking of suspicious persons. During this time, a secret informer disclosed that the petitioner Yogesh Kumar was allegedly