CHARLES MASIH ALIAS BITTA vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-29240-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 220 CRM-M-29240-2026 Decided on : 26.05.2026 Charles Masih @ Bitta . . . Petitioner(s) Versus State of Punjab . . . Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH Present : Mr. Ruhani Chadha, Advocate for the petitioner(s). Mr. Manjinder Singh Bhullar, DAG Punjab **** SANJAY VASHISTH, J. (Oral) 1. The instant petition has been filed under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 (earlier Section 439 Cr.P.C.), for grant of regular bail to the petitioner, during the pendency of trial, who has been booked in a criminal case arising out of First Information Report, as detailed hereunder:- Name of FIR No. Date Section(s) Police District Petitioner(s) Station Charles Masih @ 03 03.01.2025 18(b), 20, 21(C) of Goindwal Tarn Taran Bitta, aged 33 NDPS Act and Sahib years Sections 42 and 52-A of the Prisons Act, 1894 (Sections 22-C, 28, 29 and 30 of NDPS Act added later on) 2. On the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner refers to the common orders dated 23.03.2026 and 05.05.2026 (Annexures P-6 and P-7) passed by this Court in CRM-M-55922-2025 and other connected cases, whereby REENA similarly situated co-accused, n