Punjab and Haryana High Court
CRM-M/39313/2026 of KARNAIL SINGH Vs STATE OF PUNJAB on 23 July 2026
HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT Karnail Singh State of Punjab CORAM: Present: VIKRAM AGGARWAL, J the Bharatiya the grant of regular bail to the petitioner 07.12.2025 registered under Sections Psychtropic Substances Act, 1985 (Mohali). 2. taken on record. 3. party apprehended two persons,
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231. IN TH
Karnail Singh State of Punj
CORAM:
Present:
VIKRAM A
the Bharatiya the grant of 07.12.2025 r Psychtropic (Mohali).
2. taken on reco
3. party appre one Gurmukh
HE HIGH COURT OF PUNJA CHANDIGAR
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HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIK ***** Mr. Kuldeep Singh, Advocate, f Mr. Rahul Jindal, AAG, Punjab. ***** AGGARWAL, J. (ORAL) Prayer in the present petition p a Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 202 f regular bail to the petitione registered under Sections 22 an Substances Act, 1985, at Poli Custody certificate dated 22.07 ord. As per the case of the prosecu ehended two persons, i.e. h Singh. The petitioner was foun
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… Petitioner
… Respondent KRAM AGGARWAL for the petitioner (through VC). .
preferred under Section 483 of 23 (for short the ‘BNSS’) is for r in case FIR No.204 dated nd 61 of Narcotic Drugs and ce Station Lalru, SAS Nagar 7.2026 filed in Court today, is ution, on 07.12.2025, a police the present petitioner and nd to be in possession of 720
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tablets of Lomotil (diphenoxylate hydrochloride), which is an intermediate quantity. Gurmukh Singh was also found to be in possession of 1280 tablets of Lomotil (commercial quantity).
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated. He submits that the petitioner is in custody since 07.12.2025; 7 ½ months have elapsed. He submits that the petitioner has clean antecedents; investigation stands completed; final report has been submitted; out of 11 witnesses, none has been examined; trial will still take a sufficiently long time and no useful purpose would be served by keeping the petitioner in custody any longer.
5. Per contra, learned State counsel has opposed the bail application stating that the offence allegedly committed by the petitioner is serious in nature.
6. I have considered the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties.
7. The petitioner was allegedly found to be in possession of an intermediate quantity of contraband of 720 tablets of Lomotil (diphenoxylate hydrochloride). He is in custody for the last 7 months and 12 days. Investigation has been completed. Antecedents of the petitioner are clean. Final report has been submitted. Out of 11 witnesses, none has been examined. Trial will, therefore, take a sufficiently long time and no useful purpose would be served by keeping the petitioner in custody any longer.
8. In view of the aforementioned facts and circumstances,
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without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition is allowed. The petitioner is ordered to be released on regular bail on his furnishing bail/surety bonds to the satisfaction of the concerned trial Court/Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate.
(VIKRAM AGGARWAL) July 23, 2026
JUDGE sanjeev
Whether speaking/reasoned: Yes/No
Whether Reportable: Yes/No