GAGANDEEP SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-11641-2026 1 208 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-11641-2026 Gagandeep Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Date of Decision: May 12, 2026 Date of Uploading: May 12, 2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. S.S. Maini, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG Punjab. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, in case FIR No.25 dated 10.02.2026, registered for offences punishable under Section 22(b) of the NDPS Act (Section 29 of the NDPS Act added later on), at Police Station Bhagta Bhai Ka (Dayalpura), District Bathinda. 2. On 19.03.2026, the following order was passed: “Pursuant to the order dated 5.3.2026, learned State counsel has filed status report by way of affidavit of Manoj Kumar, PPS, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sub-Division Phul, District Bathinda in Court today. The same be kept on record. Counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the petitioner is sought to be implicated into the FIR in question solely on th