CRM-M/27378/2026 of AVTAR SINGH @ WADDU Vs STATE OF PUNJAB on 21 July 2026

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

CRM-M No.27378 of 2026 Date of Decision:- 21.07.2026

Avtar Singh @ Waddu …..Petitioner. Versus State of Punjab .....Respondent.

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM AGGARWAL ***** Present:- Mr. Raghav Soni, Advocate

for the petitioner.

Mr. Rahul Jindal, AAG, Punjab.

VIKRAM AGGARWAL, J. (ORAL)

Prayer in the present petition preferred under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘the BNSS’) is for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.188 dated 27.11.2025 registered under Sections 21, 27-A and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short, ‘the NDPS Act’), at Police Station Chattiwind, District Amritsar Rural.

2. Status report by way of affidavit of Sh. Yadwinder Singh, PPS, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sub-Division Attari, Amritsar (Rural) and custody certificate dated 20.07.2026 filed in Court today, are taken on record.

3. The case of the prosecution is that on 27.11.2025, ASI YAG DUTT

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Jatinderpal Singh, along with his fellow police officials was on patrolling duty and on suspicion, apprehended the petitioner and other co-accused, who were found in conscious possession of 5 grams 15 mg. of heroin and Rs.1,000/- drug money.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated. He has clean antecedents. He further submits that the petitioner has been in custody since 27.11.2025 and the case is still under investigation. He submits that the alleged recovery of contraband falls under non-commercial quantity. He further submits that co-accused namely Vijay Pal Singh has already been granted regular bail by a coordinate Bench vide order dated 27.03.2026 passed in CRM-M No.61 of 2026 and the case of the petitioner is at par with him; 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 petitioner and other co-accused were found in conscious possession of 5 grams 15 mg. of heroin. He submits that under the circumstances, there would be no occasion to release the petitioner on bail.

6. I have considered the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties.

7. Concededly, the petitioner is in custody since 27.11.2025. The case is still under investigation. Co-accused namely Vijay Pal Singh has already been granted regular bail by a coordinate Bench vide order dated 27.03.2026 passed in CRM-M No.61 of 2026. The case of the petitioner is YAG DUTT

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concededly at par with him. Trial will still take a sufficiently long time. This Court is, therefore, of the considered opinion that it is a fit case for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner.

8. In view of the aforementioned facts and circumstances, 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 21, 2026

JUDGE Yag Dutt

Whether speaking/reasoned: Yes/No

Whether Reportable: Yes/No YAG DUTT