IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM-M-38854 of 2011(O&M) Decided on 22.12.2011 Gurpreet Singh --Petitioner vs. State of Punjab --Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr.Sandeep Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner RAKESH KUMAR JAIN,J: (ORAL) This is a petition for pre arrest bail in a case registered vide FIR No. 257dated 14.12.2010 under Sections 22/61/85 of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances, Act,1985 (for short, 'NDPS Act') at Police Station, Division No.4, Jalandhar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was on bail but due to his illness, he could not appear on the date fixed i.e. 15.12.2011 before the trial Court but had informed his Advocate to move an application for exemption but on that date, work in the Courts was called off by the District Bar, Jalandhar, on account of death of a young Advocate Mr.P.S.Channi, as a result of which his bail bond was cancelled and he has been ordered to be summoned through non-bailable warrants. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he would appear before the trial Court and move an application for bail but the trial Court may be directed to decide it on the same date. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner, this CRM-M-38854 of 2011(O&m) -2- application is disposed of with a direction to the learned trial Court that if the petitioner appears before it and moves an application for bail, the same shall be decided on the same day in accordance with law. 22.12.2011 (Rakesh Kumar Jain) RR Judge