SATNAM SINGH AND SATTU vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M No.23904 of 2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 205 ***** CRM-M No.23904 of 2026 Date of decision : 25.5.2026 Date of uploading : 25.5.2026 Satnam Singh @ Sattu ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Mohit Kakkar, Advocate, for the petitioner Ms. Manjot Kaur, AAG, Punjab --- SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 1. On 29.4.2026, the following order was passed: ‘Counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the petitioner is sought to be implicated into the FIR in question solely on the basis of a disclosure statement made by co-accused from whom the contraband in question has been allegedly recovered & the petitioner is willing to join investigation and cooperate therein. In order to buttress his arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner has relied upon the dicta of the judgments of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in ‘Vijay Singh versus The State of Haryana’ bearing Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s).1266/2023, ‘State by (NCB) Bengaluru vs. Pallulabid Ahmad Arimutta & Anr’ 2022(1) RCR (Criminal) 762, ‘Tofan Singh vs. State of Tamil Nadu, AIR 2020 Supreme Court 5592 and ‘Smt. Najmunisha, Abdu