RAJPAL SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

107 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-60525-2025 DECIDED ON: 18.05.2026 RAJPAL SINGH .....PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB .....RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH. Present: Mr. Atul Goyal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Neeraj Madaan, Sr. DAG, Punjab. SANJAY VASHISTH, J (ORAL) 1. Prayer in this petition, filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 (earlier Section 438 Cr.P.C.), is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, who has been booked in a criminal case arising out of First Information Report, as detailed hereunder:- Name & age FIR Date Section(s) Police District of Petitioner No. Station (s) Rajpal 152 05.09.2025 21(b) of NDPS Sadar Sri Sri Muktsar Singh, aged Act (Section 29 of Muktsar Sahib about 26 NDPS Act added Sahib years later on) 2. After hearing the submissions addressed by counsel for the petitioner, on 30.10.2025, following order was passed:- “2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia contends, that as per the case of prosecution, main accused, Baljinder Singh, and his co-accused, Shivani, were standing near the wall of the water works area at Kotli Diwan. Upon noticing the police LAVISHA 2026.05.18 1