Criminal Misc. No. M-6326 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-6326 of 2010 Date of decision : 30.04.2010 Rajan Uppal ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. V.K. Chaudhri, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. J.S. Puri, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 439 Cr.P.C. seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 20/61/85 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as the “NDPS Act”) at Police Station 'A' Dvision, Amritsar vide FIR No. 97 dated 01.06.2008. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that petitioner has been in custody for a sufficiently long period and trial of the case is still pending. According to the counsel, trial is likely to take some time to conclude, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the trial. Learned State counsel has filed an affidavit of Varinder Kumar, Commissioner of Police, Amritsar City. He has referred to the same and submitted that prosecution evidence in the case is almost over and the case is fixed on 11.05.2010 for recording statement under Section 313 Cr.P.C. Criminal Misc. No. M-6326 of 2010 2 Learned counsel submits that since the trial is nearing its culmination, the petition deserves to be dismissed. I have heard learned counsel for the parties. It appears that trial is at the stage of its conclusion and thus, the petitioner is not entitled to concession of bail. This apart the quantity of contraband involved in the case is commercial in nature thus, section 37 of the NDPS Act would be attracted to the instant case. Thus, no ground for enlarging the petitioner on bail is made out. Dismissed. April 30, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE