HARMEET SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

212 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-28338-2026 Date of decision: May 22, 2026 Date of uploading: May 22, 2026 Harmeet Singh ….Petitioner versus State of Punjab ….Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present:- Mr. Sultan Singh Gill, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Hemant Aggarwal, DAG, Punjab. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) Present petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.99 dated 11.06.2023, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 21/29/61/85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’), at Police Station Gharinda, District Amritsar (Rural). 2. The gravamen of the allegations against the petitioner is that on 11.06.2023, BSF personnel intercepted the petitioner and one Harveer Singh @ Harbir Singh on suspicion of their involvement in nefarious activities, when both of them were inside the gates in their fields near border fencing. The petitioner somehow managed to flee, but the said Harveer Singh @ Harbir Singh was apprehended. Upon search, 2 kg 320 grams of