IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-1647 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: February 16, 2011 Amarjit Singh @ Amra. …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab. … Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH 1. Whether reporters of local news papers may be Allowed to see judgment? 2. To be referred to reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr. B.S. Kathuria, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. K.D. Sachdeva, Addl. A.G., Punjab, for the respondent-State. Alok Singh, J. (Oral) This is a petition seeking anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 77 dated 13.09.2010, under Section 15 of the N.D.P.S. Act, registered at Police Station Bilga, District Jalandhar. Affidavit of ASI Jagtar Singh is handed over in the Court, which is taken on record. CRM M-1647 of 2011 As per the affidavit, 8 different criminal cases were registered against the petitioner since 1999 and present is the 9th case. As per Annexure R-1 of the affidavit of Investigating Officer, earlier 7 cases, under the Excise Act, were registered against the petitioner. As per the prosecution story, when police party reached near the bridge minor canal in the area of Village Bilga, they noticed a scooterist coming from the other side; scooterist after noticing the police party tried to turn back his scooter and slipped; Scooterist after leaving the scooter behind started running and he was chased by the police party, the police party identified him as Amarjit Singh @ Amra accused petitioner herein. On checking, two bags containing poppy husk measuring about 52 Kgs. were found tied with the scooter. Since petitioner has previous record of having illicit liquor and had been challaned by the police 7 times under the Excise Act and this time, petitioner was found carrying 2 bags of poppy husk, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Dismissed. February 16, 2010 ( Alok Singh ) vkd Judge 2