Satinder Singh Alias Kala Falahi v. State of Punjab
Case brief
What is this about?
CRM-M-130-2025, Punjab & Haryana High Court (Kuldeep Tiwari, J.), decided 14.01.2025 — regular bail under S.483 BNSS 2023 dismissed in NDPS case (FIR No.165, P.S. Sangat, Bathinda; Ss.21(C)/29 NDPS Act, Ss.61/85 added in challan); grounds: 03 kg heroin commercial quantity, 31 criminal cases with 3 convictions, trial on pace, custody yet to commence; second petition after withdrawal of CRM-M-38043-2024.
What did the court decide?
Regular bail was declined having regard to: (i) the commercial quantity of the recovered contraband; (ii) the petitioner's criminal antecedents; (iii) the fact that the trial is progressing at the right pace; and (iv) the fact that custody of the petitioner in the instant case is yet to commence, as he is undergoing sentence in other cases wherein he has been convicted. ¶19