SARABJIT SINGH @ LADI vs STATE OF PUNJAB

222 CRM-M-18185-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-18185-2026 Date of decision: 22.05.2026 SARABJIT SINGH @ LADI ….Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. Charanjit Singh Bahia, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Amrit Kaur Mahir, AAG Punjab. ..… RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL) 1. Prayer in the instant petition filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.0177 dated 17.07.2025 registered under Sections 21(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (Section 29 of the NDPS Act added later on) at Police Station Canal Colony, District Bathinda. 2. Brief facts of the present case, as per the prosecution are that on 17.07.2025, police party was on a patrolling duty and on the basis of suspicion apprehended one Gurpreet Singh @ Gori who was found in conscious possession of 500 grams of Heroin. Initially, the FIR in question was registered against the said co-accused Gurpreet Singh @ Gori. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in