AKASHDEEP SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (214) CRM-M-26497-2026(O&M) DATE OF DECISION:15.05.2026 Akashdeep Singh ........Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab .........Respondent CORAM HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBHAS MEHLA Present Mr.S.S.Sandhu Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Navreet K. Barnala, Asstt. AG, Punjab. *** SUBHAS MEHLA, J (ORAL) 1. Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.37 dated 12.03.2026, under Sections 21(b), 27(a), 25, 61 and 85 of NDPS Act, 1985, registered at Police Station Division A, Police Commissionerate Amritsar, District Amritsar (Annexure P-1). 2. Allegations against the present petitioner are that he was found in conscious possession of 20 grams heroin, which falls within the ambit of ‘intermediate quantity’. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner prays for grant of regular bail to the petitioner on the following grounds: i. That the petitioner is in custody for the last more than two months; ii. That the alleged recovered contraband i.e 20 grams heroin, falls within the ambit of intermediate quantity; iii. That the petitioner is not involved in any other crimi