Crl. Misc. No.M-9235 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-9235 of 2011 Date of Decision: July 5, 2011 Inder Singh …..Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab …..Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI. -.- Present:- Mr.P.S. Dhaliwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Arshwinder Singh, DAG, Punjab. -.- M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) The petitioner seeks the concession of regular bail in a case of recovery of 75 kg. of poppy husk, inter-alia on the following grounds:- i) the petitioner being inimical to Iqbal Kahn and Kala Khan were instrumental in falsely implicating the petitioner being closely associated with the members of the present ruling party; Crl. Misc. No.M-9235 of 2011 [2] ii) the investigating officer being a complainant had committed an irregularity in conducting the investigation in an unfair manner; iii) no independent witness was joined at the time of recovery; and iv) the statutory provisions having not been strictly compiled with. On the other hand, State counsel, on the instructions of ASI Nachhatar Singh has stated that all the witnesses have already been examined. After taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of this case, this Court is of the opinion that in view of the stage of the trial i.e. the defence stage having already been reached, it will not be appropriate to take into consideration the various facts referred to by the counsel for the petitioner for grant of bail to the petitioner. All these pleas can be taken up by the petitioner for seeking acquittal. The petition is dismissed solely on the basis of the stage of the trial without expression of any opinion on merits of the case. July 5, 2011 (M.M.S.BEDI) sanjay JUDGE