IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr.MPM No.1330 of 2010. Decided on: December 6, 2010 Jiwan Lal …Petitioner. Versus State of H.P. …Respondent. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surjit Singh, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioner : Mr. M.S. Guleria, Advocate. For the Respondent : Mr. Vikas Rathore, Deputy Advocate General, and Mr. Ramesh Thakur, Assistant Advocate General. Surjit Singh, Judge(Oral) Heard and gone through the record. 2. Petitioner has been arrested in a case, under Sections 20 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. Charas, weighing 18 kgs approximately, was recovered from a vehicle, at a public place. Occupants of the vehicle told that the Charas has been procured from the petitioner. Upon that information, house of the petitioner was searched and an electronic weighing machine and some polythene bags were recovered. Those bags had traces of Charas. 3. Trial of the case is in progress. Most of the witnesses have already been examined. Now, the case is stated to be at final stage. Since the trial is at final stages, Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? - 2 - present petition is disposed of, with a direction to the trial Court to expedite the trial and to dispose of the case by 15th January, 2011. December 6, 2010(sd) ( Surjit Singh ), J