IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-35600 of 2025 (O&M) Date of Decision: 15.07.2025 229 Balbir Singh @ Beera .....Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MOUDGIL ***** Present: Mr. Prateek Pandit, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Rajiv Verma, Sr. DAG Punjab. ***** SANDEEP MOUDGIL,J. (oral) The jurisdiction of this Court under Section 483 BNSS has been invoked for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in FIR No. 171 dated 26.06.2024 under Section 22, 29 of NDPS Act, 1985, registered at Police Station Kotwali, Kapurthala, District Kapurthala. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case due to enmity and nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the present petitioner. He submits that in the present case the FIR was registered in the month of June, 2024 and challan stands presented on 26.11.2024 wherein charges framed on 01.03.2025 and till today out of total 8 prosecution witnesses, none has been examined so far. In the present case, the charges were framed on 01.03.2025. The conduct of the petitioner does not inspire the confidence of this Court, as he is involved in seven other cases of a similar nature. In one of those cases, he has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 10 years along with a fine REEMA SAINI 2025.07.15 19:05 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document High Court, Chandigarh CRM-M-35600 of 2025 (O&M) -2- of Rs.1 lac and in default thereof to further undergo RI for 2 years meaning thereby he is a habitual offender. After arguing for sometime once this Court was not inclined to grant the relief as sought in the present petition, learned counsel for the petitioner prays for withdrawal of the present petition at this stage. Dismissed as withdrawn. (SANDEEP MOUDGIL) 15th July, 2025 JUDGE reema Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes Whether reportable : No REEMA SAINI 2025.07.15 19:05 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document High Court, Chandigarh