MALKEET SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

235 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh Criminal Misc. No. M-25968 of 2026 Date of Decision: 13.05.2026 Malkeet Singh ... Petitioner(s) Versus State of Punjab ... Respondent(s) CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Surya Partap Singh. Present: Mr. Deepak Kumar Bartia, Advocate for the petitioner(s). Mr. I.P.S.Sabharwal, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondent. Surya Partap Singh, J. 1. This petition for bail is the second petition filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. It has been filed with regard to a case arising out of FIR No. 94 dated 25.04.2025 for the commission of offence punishable under Section(s) 127(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section(s) 22 [Section 22(B)(C) & 29 of NDPS Act added later on] of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, hereinafter being referred to as “NDPS Act” only, Police Station Sadar, District Jalandhar, Punjab. 2. The FIR of this case came into being on the report of ‘ASI Balwinder Kumar’ who had reported that on 24.04.2025 he had received a telephonic message from Inspector/SHO Police Station Sadar, that an illegal drug de-addiction centre had been