AJAYPAL SINGH @ AJAY vs STATE OF PUNJAB

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 205 CRM-M-27015-2026 Date of decision: 27.05.2026 AJAYPAL SINGH @ AJAY ......Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB .......Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ ***** Present: - Mr. Rakshit Kapoor, Advocate for the petitioner. (Through Video Conferencing). Mr. Mohit Kapoor, Senior DAG, Punjab. ***** VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) The instant petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for the grant of regular bail in case bearing FIR No. 226 dated 23.08.2025, registered under Section(s) 21 (B) of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 at Police Station Gate Hakima, District Police Commissionerate, Amritsar. 2. Briefly stated, the present FIR was registered on the basis of a chance recovery effected by the police party headed by ASI Manjinder Singh while the police officials were on patrolling duty near Jhabhal Road. As per the prosecution, when the police party reached near an empty plot situated on Jhabhal Road, one person, later identified as Ajaypal Singh alias Ajay son of VISHAL SHARMA 2026.05.29 10:18 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this do