Punjab and Haryana High Court
CRM-M/22215/2026 of AKASHVEER SINGH @ GAGAN Vs STATE OF PUNJAB on 8 July 2026
THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M No.22215 of 2026 Date of Decision:-08.07.2026 Akashveer Singh @ Gagan …..Petitioner. Versus State of Punjab .....Respondent. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM AGGARWAL ***** Present:- Mr. Ruhani Chadha, Advocate for the
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
CRM-M No.22215 of 2026 Date of Decision:-08.07.2026
Akashveer Singh @ Gagan …..Petitioner. Versus State of Punjab .....Respondent.
CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM AGGARWAL ***** Present:- Mr. Ruhani Chadha, 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.98 dated 13.07.2025 registered under Sections 21 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘the NDPS Act’), Sections 11 and 12 of the Aircraft Act, 1934 and Section 238 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (added later on), at Police Station Mamdot, District Ferozepur.
2. Status report by way of the affidavit of Sh. Karan Sharma, PPS, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Rural), Ferozepur, District Ferozepur, filed in the Registry is taken on record. Custody certificate filed YAG DUTT
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by learned State counsel in Court today, is also taken on record.
3. On 13.07.2025, on the basis of a secret information, one Jaswinder Singh was apprehended and 1 Kg. 798 grams of heroin and drone without any valid permit or licence were recovered from his conscious possession. During the course of investigation, the said Jaswinder Singh suffered a disclosure statement stating that the heroin and drone were sent to him from Pakistan by co-accused Amarjeet Singh and the petitioner (Akashveer Singh @ Gagan). Therefore, the petitioner was arrested on 15.07.2025 and he is in custody since then.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was implicated on the basis of the disclosure statement of the main accused Jaswinder Singh from whom the alleged contraband and drone were allegedly recovered. He further submits that the petitioner is in custody since 15.07.2025; final report stands submitted on 09.01.2026; charges have been framed on 17.02.2026 and out of 15 witnesses cited by the prosecution, no witness has been examined; co-accused Amarjeet Singh alias MP, who was also apprehended on the basis of disclosure statement of main accused Jaswinder Singh, has already been granted regular bail by a coordinate Bench vide order dated 17.04.2026 passed in CRM-M-19422 of 2026; 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 a commercial quantity of 1 Kg. 798 grams of heroin and a drone were recovered from main accused Jaswinder Singh. He submits that under the circumstances, there would be no occasion to release YAG DUTT
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the petitioner on bail.
6. I have considered the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties.
7. Concededly, the petitioner was arraigned as an accused on the basis of disclosure statement of the main accused Jaswinder Singh. No doubt, recovery of a commercial quantity of heroin and one drone was made from the main accused. However, even after the arrest of the petitioner, no recovery was made from him. He is in custody since 15.07.2025. Co-accused Amarjeet Singh alias MP, who was also apprehended on the basis of disclosure statement of main accused Jaswinder Singh, has already been granted regular bail by a coordinate Bench vide order dated 17.04.2026 passed in CRM-M-19422 of 2026. Still further, final report stands submitted and out of 15 prosecution witnesses, no witness has been examined so far. Thus, 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 08, 2026
JUDGE Yag Dutt
Whether speaking/reasoned: Yes/No
Whether Reportable: Yes/No YAG DUTT