Petitioner filed bail plea under Cr.P.C. for NDPS charge, contested mandatory provisions compliance but withdrew petition instead. Court dismissed plea and directed trial court to expedite trial.
Dismissed as withdrawn at this stage. Direction to trial court to expedite trial.
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2023:PHHC:163755 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
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CRM-M-63052-2023 (O&M)
Date of decision: 20.12.2023
Sucha Singh @ Bhindi
....Petitioner
Versus
State of Punjab
...Respondent
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMAN CHAUDHARY
Present : Ms. Kashish Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner
Mr. Manipal Singh Atwal, DAG Punjab
AMAN CHAUDHARY. J.
1 . The present petition has been filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C. for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.342 dated 29.11.2022, registered under sections 22 and 29 of NDPS Act, 1985, at Police Station Civil Lines, Batala, District Gurdaspur.
2 . As per custody certificate filed by learned State counsel, the petitioner is behind bars for only 1 year and 18 days, commercial quantity of contraband has been recovered from him and out of 11 prosecution witnesses, 5 have been examined.
3 . Learned counsel for the petitioner though has raised the arguments that the mandatory provisions of Sections 42 and 50 of NDPS Act were not complied with, however, in view of the aforesaid fact, particularly regarding the stage of the case as well, she prays for withdrawal of the instant petition at this stage and issuance of a direction to the trial Court to expedite the tria l within a time bound manner.
(AMAN CHAUDHARY) JUDGE
20.12.2023 M.Kamra
Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes / No Whether reportable : Yes / No
MOHIT 2023.12.21 18:49 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment
1 issue framed by the court
Whether to grant regular bail in narcotics case with commercial quantity involved.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
Sucha Singh @ Bhindi
State of Punjab
Aman Chaudhary
As recorded by the court registry
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