P&H: NDPS re-arrest investigating agency was not required to intimate the grounds of re-arrest

punjab-haryana
⚖️ Order Date: 31 Aug 2026
Headnotes

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, S.36A — Re-arrest application after earlier release — Grounds of arrest had already been conveyed in writing and signed by the petitioners in the earlier proceedings — It could not be said that the investigating agency was again...


Facts of the Case

P&H: NDPS re-arrest investigating agency was not required to intimate the grounds of re-arrest

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed two criminal writ petitions filed by Ravinder Singh and Sajan Singh challenging an order that permitted the investigating agency to re-arrest them in an NDPS case.

The petitioners were facing FIR No. 29 dated 09.02.2026 registered under Sections 21-C and 27 of the NDPS Act at Police Station ANTF, Sector 79, District SAS Nagar. They had earlier been apprehended with 307 grams of heroin. In their earlier writ petitions, the High Court had declared their arrest illegal because the investigating agency had failed to intimate the arrest of Ravinder Singh to his...

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