TALJINDER SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-25812-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 238 CRM-M-25812-2026 Date of decision : 12.05.2026 Taljinder Singh ..... Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab ..... Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present : Mr. Robin Singh Bhullar, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. I.P.S. SAbharwal, DAG, Punjab. ***** SURYA PARTAP SINGH, J. This petition for bail is first petition filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of ‘the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023’. It has been filed with regard to a case arising out of FIR No.28 dated 16.02.2024, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 18, 18-C, 29 (Sections 25 & 27 of NDPS Act added later on), of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, Police Station Special Task Force, District STF Wing (SAS Nagar). 2. The abovementioned FIR came into being at the instance of ‘Inspector Harbans Lal’, who reported that on 16.02.2024 when he was leading a team of police officials discharging duty with regard to vehicle checking, he received a tip-off from a reliable source that ‘Gurdev Singh’ along with Tejinder Singh (petitioner herein) was involved in the illegal trading of opium, and that