In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Criminal Misc. No.M-4075 of 2009 Date of decision: 18.3.2009 Munni Lal @ Munia ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.Sukhjit Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Aman Deep Singh Rai, AAG, Punjab. **** SABINA, J. This petition has been filed by Munni Lal @ Munia under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of regular bail in case FIR No. 22 dated 7.2.2006, under Sections 20/ 61/ 85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 , registered at Police Station GRP, Ludhiana. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that unfortunately the petitioner could not appear before the trial Court on 18.1.2008 and now he is in custody since 22.1.2009. The petitioner was apprehended with 1 kg. 500 gms. of Ganja, which is a non- commercial quantity Learned State counsel, on the other hand, has opposed Criminal Misc. No.M-4075 of 2009 -2- this petition. Keeping in view the submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioner and the fact that there is no other case pending against the petitioner of similar nature (as stated by learned State counsel on instructions from ASI, Sanghi Ram), without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is allowed. The petitioner is ordered to be admitted to bail subject to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ludhiana. (SABINA) JUDGE March 18, 2009 anita