High Court granted regular bail to a 75-year-old petitioner under Section 439 Cr.P.C. in an NDPS case, considering his advanced age and health issues as valid grounds for release pending trial.
Petition allowed; regular bail granted to petitioner to the satisfaction of the Trial Court with a heavy surety.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH
Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-31037 of 2010 Date of Decision: November 19, 2010
Chanan Singh @ Channa
.....PETITIONER(S)
VERSUS
State of Punjab.
.....RESPONDENT(S)
. . .
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA
PRESENT: - Mr. K.S. Dhaliwal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. B.S. Chahal, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab.
. . .
AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral)
Crl. Misc. No. M-31037 of 2010 [2]
1 issue framed by the court
Whether bail should be granted to a 75-year-old petitioner charged under Section 15 of the NDPS Act on grounds of age and inability to withstand jail rigours.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
Chanan Singh @ Channa
State of Punjab
AJAI LAMBA
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