CRM No. M 12162 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -- CRM No. M 12162 of 2010 Date of decision: 13.08.2010 Jaswant Kumar alias Billa ........ Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent(s) Coram: Hon'ble Ms Justice Nirmaljit Kaur -.- Present: Mr. Sant Pal Singh Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. K S Pannu, DAG, Punjab for the respondent State -.- 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest? Nirmaljit Kaur, J. (Oral) This is a petition under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No. 20 dated 02.07.2009 under Section 21, 25, 29, 61, 85 of NDPS Act, registered at Police Station State Special Operation Cell, Punjab, District Amritsar. It is stated that the co-accused of the petitioner has been granted bail on the basis of the judgement of the Apex Court rendered in the case of E Micheal Raj v Intelligence Officer, Narcotic Control Bureau reported as 2008(2) RCR (Criminal) 597. CRM No. M 12162 of 2010 2 Learned State counsel, on instructions from SI-Nirmal Singh, states that the case of the present petitioner is on different footing. The present petitioner was earlier also convicted in case FIR No. 117 dated 07.06.1996 under Section 21, 61, 85 of NDPS Act, registered at Police Station Guru, District Amritsar for a period fourteen years and was released from Jail on 22.04.2009. The present offence was committed by him immediately after his release from Jail. Accordingly, the concession of bail cannot be extended to the present petitioner. Dismissed. (Nirmaljit Kaur) Judge August 13, 2010 mohan