HARPREET SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-24043-2026 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 226 CRM-M-24043-2026 (O&M) Date of decision : 14.05.2026 Harpreet Singh ..... Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab ..... Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present : Mr. Satnam Singh Gill, Advocate for the petitioner. . ***** SURYA PARTAP SINGH, J. This petition is the third petition for bail, filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of ‘the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita’, 2023. It has been filed with regard to a case arising out of FIR No.42 dated 30.03.2023, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 22 [Section 29 added later on] of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, hereinafter being referred to as ‘NDPS Act’, Police Station Kotwali Nabha, District Patiala. 2. The abovementioned FIR came into being at the instance of ‘ASI Chamkaur Singh’, who had reported that on 30.03.2023 when he along with other police officials was on patrolling duty, he received a tip-off that ‘Kashmir Singh’ and ‘Kuldeep Singh @Keepa’ were involved in the trading of intoxicating tablets and that on that day on a splendor motorcycle, bearing registration No.PB10-DX-1053, they were