RANA SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M No.4883 of 2026 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 207 CRM-M No.4883 of 2026 (O&M) Date of Decision: 22.05.2026 Rana Singh ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present: Mr. Rishu Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. I.P.S. Sabharwal, DAG, Punjab. SURYA PARTAP SINGH, J. (Oral): This is first petition for bail, filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of the ‘Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023’. This petition pertains to a case arising out of FIR No. 45 dated 24.04.2024 under Sections 21(C) & 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985, hereinafter being referred to as ‘NDPS Act’ only, and Sections 10, 11 and 12 of Aircraft Act, Police Station Khalra, District Tarn Taran. 2. The abovementioned FIR came into being at the instance of ‘Inspector Vinod’, who had reported that on 24.04.2024, when he was leading a team of police officials a reliable source gave him a tip-off that ‘Rana Singh’, ‘Lovepreet Singh’ and ‘Arshdeep Singh’ were in constant touch with ‘Pakistani’ smugglers, and that they were importing ‘Heroin’ from ‘Pakistan’ by using drones. According to