P&H: Grants bail in NDPS case, citing prolonged custody and slow trial
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to Bharpoor Singh, who has been in custody since May 2025 in a Narcotic Control Bureau case involving the alleged recovery of 468 grams of heroin and two pistols. Justice Sumeet Goel allowed Singh’s petition under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
Singh was charged under Sections 8, 21, 23, 29 and 60 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. His counsel argued that he had been falsely implicated, that mandatory requirements of the Act had not been followed, and that two co-accused had already been granted...
