KULWANT SINGH ALIAS SUKHA vs STATE OF PUNJAB

243 CRM-M-20471-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-20471-2026 Date of decision: 05.05.2026 KULWANT SINGH ALIAS SUKHA ….Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. Karandeep Singh Sidhu, 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.196 dated 03.09.2025 registered under Sections 21(C), 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 at Police Station Sadar Bathinda, District Bathinda. 2. Brief facts of the present case, as per the prosecution, are that on 03.09.2025, ASI Paramjit Singh, along with his fellow police officials laid a Naka and apprehended Satish Kumar, Sanjeev Singh @ Peetu @ Bini and Jaswinder Singh @ Koki who were on a vehicle. On search of the vehicle, 553 grams of Heroin was recovered. Initially, the FIR in question was registered against said co-accused persons. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been f