HARJIT SINGH ALIAS JEETA vs STATE OF PUNJAB

221 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M No.25882 of 2026 Date of decision: 13.05.2026 Harjit Singh @ Jeeta …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present :- Mr. Anmol Jeevan S. Gill, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Hardeep Singh Wadhwa, DAG, Punjab for the respondent-State. ***** MANDEEP PANNU, J. (Oral) 1. This is the first petition under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (erstwhile Section 439 Cr.P.C.) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.13 dated 24.01.2026 under Sections 21-B, 27-A and 29/61/85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 at Police Station Chheharta, District Amritsar. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated and the alleged recovery is a case of chance recovery effected in violation of Section 50 of the NDPS Act. It is further contended that no independent witness was joined, the alleged contraband was weighed along with the envelope, and the alleged recovery, i.e 51 grams heroin, is below commercial quantity. Learned counsel also contends that the petitioner has been in cus