MAKHAN vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-15456-2026 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 209 CRM-M-15456-2026 (O&M). Date of decision: 21.05.2026. MAKHAN ...Petitioner(s) VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent(s) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ PRESENT Mr. Mohit Giri, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Mr. Mohit Kapoor, Sr. DAG, Punjab. VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) This is the first petition filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.304 dated 26.11.2022, under Section(s) 21, 21B, 21C and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, registered at Police Station STF, District S.A.S. Nagar. The aforesaid FIR was registered on the statement of ASI Gulshan Kumar No. 2779PAP Special Task Force Ludhiana which reads thus: RAJ KUMAR ARORA 2026.05.22 08:43 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CRM-M-15456-2026 (O&M) -2- - “I am posted at the Special Task Force Ludhiana. Today I alongside you ASI Baljit Singh no.298/Mansa, ASI Gurnaib Singh no.522/FZK, Senior Constable Kuldeep Singh no.487/Ldh, Senior Constable Harpreet Singh 4-C/718 and C. Lakhwinder Singh 39