ASHISH KUMAR @ ASHISH MEHRA @ MANNU vs STATE OF PUNJAB

1 CRM-M-23806-2026 226 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-23806-2026 Ashish Kumar @ Ashish Mehra @ Mannu ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab ….Respondent Date of Decision: May 05, 2026 Date of Uploading: May 05, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Ms. Gurpreet Kaur, Advocate for Mr. Manpreet Singh Bhatti, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG Punjab. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) Present petition filed under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 (erstwhile Section 439 Cr. P.C.) is the third attempt for seeking grant of regular bail to the petitioner, in case bearing FIR No.94 dated 25.04.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Section 22 of the NDPS Act, 1985 (Section 29 of the NDPS Act added later on) and Section 127(2) of the BNS, 2023, at Police Station Sadar, Jalandhar. 2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that the petitioner is an accused of being involved in an FIR pertaining to NDPS Act involving alleged recovery of total 1005 tablets of Alprazolam of 0.5 mg and 100 tablets of Panadol (tramadol hydrochloride) of 100 mg from the Samra Palace Samrai. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has iterated that the pet