Full Judgment
CRM-M No.34168 of 2012 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M No.34168 of 2012 (O&M) Date of Decision: January 15, 2013 Naresh Kumar …Petitioner Versus State of Haryana …Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NARESH KUMAR SANGHI Present: Mr. Ravindra Jain, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Anupam Sharma, AAG, Haryana, for the respondent. NARESH KUMAR SANGHI, J.
1. Prayer in this petition is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner, Naresh Kumar, son of Banarsi Dass, resident of Village Kharwan, Tehsil Jagadhri, District Yamunanagar, who has been booked for having committed the offences punishable under Section 18 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, in a case arising out of FIR No.62, dated 6.8.2012, registered at Police Station, Sadar, Jagadhri.
2. Learned counsel contends that non-commercial quantity of 790 grams of opium was recovered from the petitioner. He also contends that the petitioner is behind the bars from 6.8.2012.
3. Learned counsel for the State has admitted the fact that the contraband alleged to have been recovered from the petitioner falls within the ambit of non-commercial quantity.
4. Heard. CRM-M No.34168 of 2012 (O&M”
5. The petitioner is behind the bars from 6.8.2012. After completion of the investigation, the report under Section 173, Cr.P.C., has already been submitted before the learned Court below. The petitioner is neither required not involved in any other case.
6. Without commenting much on the merits of the case, the present petition is allowed. The petitioner, Naresh Kumar, son of Banarsi Dass, resident of Village Kharwan, Tehsil Jagadhri, District Yamunanagar, is ordered to be released on bail in this case during the pendency of the trial, subject to his furnishing the bail bonds to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Jagadhri at Yamunanagar. (NARESH KUMAR SANGHI) January 15, 2013 JUDGE Pkapoor