CRM-M/19310/2026 of DILPREET KAUR Vs STATE OF PUNJAB on 22 July 2026

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decision: 22.07.2026 Uploading : 23.07.2026 M: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE Mr. Joginder Pal Ratra, Advo Mr. Jaypreet Singh, DAG Pu ***** T GOEL, J. (Oral) Present petition has been filed Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short oner, in case bearing FIR No.008 punishable under Sections 21-C pic Substances Act, 1985 (for sh Act, at Police Station Lopoke, Dist The gravamen of allegations a of being involved in an FIR p alleged recovery of 4.86 cartridges in large quantity. The used on the basis of disclosure sta ini. Learned counsel for the petiti falsely implicated into the FIR connection with the alleged reco

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....Petitioner

....Respondent SUMEET GOEL ocate for the petitioner. unjab. d under Section 483 of the Bharat ‘BNSS’) for grant of regular bail dated 06.01.2026, registered for and 25 of the Narcotic Drugs a hort ‘NDPS Act’) and Section 25 trict Amritsar Rural. against the petitioner is that she is pertaining to NDPS Act/Arms A

kilograms of heroin a petitioner is stated to be nomina atement of co-accused Abhiraj Sin ioner has iterated that the petition R in question and has no direct overy. Learned counsel has furth

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iterated th accusation to learne arms/cartr petitioner the petitio Learned c Act have suffers fro entire cas the co-acc and canno entire cas been furth on record allegation the NDPS counsel ha fastened u in custody of custod considera has been investigat influencin strength o -19310-2026 hat the petitioner was not name n made against the petitioner are ed counsel, no recovery wh ridges has been effected from r nor from the personal search, h oner, which completely demoli counsel has further submitted that not scrupulously been complied w om inherent defects. Learned cou se against the petitioner rests sol cused while in police custody, ot form the basis of her continu se of the prosecution is based o her contended that there is no i d at the instance of the petition ns. Furthermore, the mandatory p S Act have not been complied as iterated that the trial is delayed upon the petitioner. It has been f y since 08.01.2026 and has alrea dy. According to learned coun able time to conclude as out of 28 examined. Moreover, the petitio tion and that there is no likeliho ng witnesses if she is granted the f these submissions, the grant of r ed in the initial FIR and even e vague and unspecific. Accordi hatsoever of any contraband the conscious possession of house, vehicle nor at the instance ishes the case of the prosecuti t mandatory provisions of the ND with, and thus, the prosecution c unsel has further contended that lely on the disclosure statement which is inadmissible in eviden ued incarceration. Furthermore, on conjectures and surmises. It h independent corroborative mater ner to substantiate the prosecuti provisions of Sections 42 and 50 with in letter and spirit. Learn d and the liability thereof cannot further iterated that the petitioner ady undergone a substantial peri nsel, the trial is likely to take 8 prosecution witnesses cited, no oner is not required for any furth ood of tampering with evidence e concession of regular bail. On regular bail is entreated for.

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4. by arguing and, thus, Learned S meet the r on this sco does not d of supply the petitio accused b investigat agency. I she may prosecutio hand is pr

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6. petitioner and weap allegation allegation discretion circumstan compellin of the rec -19310-2026 Per contra, learned State coun g that the allegations raised agains , the petitioner does not deserv State counsel has further submitte rigors of Section 37 of the NDPS A ore alone. Furthermore, the absen dilute her culpability particularly y and facilitation. According to l oner is not based merely on th but is duly supported by recov tion and other incriminating mat In case, the petitioner is released abscond from the process of j on witnesses/ evidence. Accordin ayed for. I have heard counsel for the lso the record produced before me Indubitably, serious allegatio

r. As per the prosecution, heavy pons/cartridges have been re ns against the petitioner. In the c s as also recovery of the contrab ary relief of regular bail. Furtherm nces have been made out whi ng ground for grant of regular bail covery of commercial quantity of nsel has opposed the present petit st the petitioner are serious in nat ve the concession of regular b ed that the petition in hand does Act and is, thus, liable to be rejec nce of recovery from the petition y when the role attributed to her learned counsel, the implication he disclosure statement of the c very effected during the course terial collected by the investigati d on bail, there is all likelihood t justice and also interfere with ngly, the dismissal of the petition rival parties and perused the pap e. ons have been levelled against y quantity of heroin i.e. 4.863 K ecovered and there are speci considered opinion of this Court, band, disentitle the petitioner to more, no accentuating or exceptio ich may prima facie constitute l to the petitioner, especially in li f the contraband and weapons. T

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Court can based on b the learne in question of the inci

7. investigati 04.07.202 examined forth befo the petitio mandatory passed by Ashruba N India vers 2025 and S Appeal (C

7.1. period of contraban regular ba judgment( Sukhwind Singh @ B

8. case in h commerci -19310-2026 nnot accept the plea of the false i bald assertions unsupported by an d counsel that the petitioner has b n, cannot be accepted, at this stag ident raise doubts that can only be The petitioner was arrest ion was carried out and challan q

6. Out of total 28 cited prose till date. From the rival submis ore this Court, no cause nay plaus oner to meet with the rigors of Se y in nature. Reference in this reg the Hon’ble Supreme Court titled Nakade, Special Leave to Appe sus Vigin K. Varghese, Special L State of Punjab versus Sukhwind Crl.) No.5020/2026. Furthermore, the petitioner is incarceration undergone by the p d/firearm(s) recovered, is not su ail as well. A profitable reference

(s) of the Hon’ble Supreme Co der Singh @ Gora = 2026 INSC Billa = 2026 INSC 618. Hence, keeping in view the e hand; especially the contraband ial in nature, likelihood of the pe implication of the petitioner mer ny cogent material. The argument been falsely implicated into the F ge, as the surrounding circumstan e clarified during the course of tria ted on 08.01.2026 whereinaf qua the petitioner was presented ecution witnesses, none has be ssions as also the material brou sible cause is made out in favour ection 37 of the NDPS Act which gard can be made to the judgment d as Union of India versus Namd eal (Crl.) No.9792/2025; Union Leave Petition (Crl.) No(s).7768 der Singh @ Gora, Special Leave s in custody since 08.01.2026. T petitioner vis.-a-vis., the quantity ufficient to grant the concession e in this regard can be made to ourt titled as State of Punjab 411 and State of Punjab vs. Bal entirety of the factual milieu of d alleged to be recovered be etitioner going to abscond from

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-19310-2026 f justice & also interfere with the p n hand deserves to be dismissed. Ordered accordingly. Nothing said hereinabove sha n the merits of the case. Since the main case has bee n(s), if any, shall also stand dispo

Whether speaking/reasoned: Whether reportable:

prosecution witnesses/ evidence; all be construed as an expression en decided, pending miscellaneo osed off. (SUMEET GOEL)

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