GURPREET SINGH @ GOPI vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-16917-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 214 CRM-M-16917-2026 Date of decision : 22.05.2026 Gurpreet Singh @ Gopi ..... Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab ..... Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present : Mr. Rishu Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. I.P.S. Sabharwal, DAG, Punjab. ***** SURYA PARTAP SINGH, J. This petition for bail is the first petition filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. It has been filed with regard to a case arising out of FIR No.103 dated 17.07.2025, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 21-C/29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, Police Station City Patti, District Tarn Taran. 2. The FIR of this case came into being at the instance of Sub Inspector Manpreet Kaur. It was reported by the above-named police officer that on 17.07.2025, on the basis of a tip-off given by a reliable source a person named ‘Karanpreet Singh’ was apprehended and from his possession 292 grams of ‘Heroin’ was recovered. 3. It is the case of the prosecution that pursuant to recovery of abovementioned contraband, requisite formalities with regard