RAJAN BHATTI vs STATE OF UT CHANDIGARH

CRM-M-26157-2026 (O&M) 1 2026:PHHC:082562 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-26157-2026 (O&M) DECIDED ON: 25.05.2026 RAJAN BHATTI «PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF UT CHANDIGARH «+s RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present: Mr. G.S. Sandhu, Advocate and Mr. A.P. Kaushal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Manish Bansal, PP, U.T., Chandigarh with Ms. Diksha Sharma, Advocate for U.T.-Chandigarh. MANDEEP PANNU, J (ORAL) 1. This is the first petition under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 (439 Cr.P.C. 1973) for grant of Regular Bail to the petitioner in case FI.R No. 03 dated 03.09.2024 under sections 21, 29 of the NDPS Act and section 25 of Arms Act, 1959, registered at Police Station Crime Chandigarh, District UT Chandigarh. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. It has been further contended that nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner and he has been nominated as an accused in the instant FIR on the basis of disclosure statement of co-accused, namely, Lakhwinder Singh @ Lakha, from whose possession the alleged contraband. Learned counsel POONA