IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-9583 of 2011 Date of decision : 26.05.2011 Gurbhej Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. B.S. Bhalla, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Manjari Nehru, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner vide FIR No. 184 dated 08.09.2007 under Sections 15/25/29 of the NDPS Act at Police Station Sidhwan Bet, District Ludhiana. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner has been in custody for more than 3 years now and trial of the case is proceeding at a snail’s pace. He submits that petitioner is thus entitled to concession of bail. Learned State counsel, on the other hand, has opposed the prayer and submits that heavy recovery was effected from the petitioner. She, however, submits that prosecution shall make an effort to led its evidence expeditiously and conclude the same at the earliest. In view of above, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he may be allowed to withdraw this petition at this stage with liberty to file afresh in case trial is not conclude within a period of five months. Dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as aforesaid. May 26, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE