GAGANDEEP SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

227 CRM-M-20229-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-20229-2026 Date of decision: 22.05.2026 GAGANDEEP SINGH ….Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. Hakam Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Amrit Kaur Mahir, AAG Punjab. ..… RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL) 1. Prayer in the instant petition filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.108 dated 27.06.2025 registered under Sections 21-C, 25, 29, 61, 85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and Sections 25, 54, 59 of the Arms Act at Police Station Dugri, District Ludhiana. 2. Brief facts of the present case, as per the prosecution are that on 27.06.2025, police party was on a patrolling duty and acting upon a secret information apprehended co-accused persons namely Gourav Singh, Sahil Malik and Nikhil Sharma who were found in conscious possession of 268 grams of Heroin; one small electronic weighing machine; 15 empty pouches; three pistols .32 bore; one pistol .45 bore; six live cartridges of .32 bore and three live cartrid