IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No.M-26061 of 2011. Date of decision: November 01, 2011. Gur Mohinder Singh .. Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab. .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.S.BEDI PRESENT Mr.Jagjit Gill, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.P.S.Bajwa, DAG., Punjab. M.M.S.BEDI, J (ORAL). Petitioner has been in custody w.e.f., 10.07.2011 for having been found in possession of 53 kgs. 200 gms. of poppy husk which is marginally higher than the commercial quantity prescribed under the Act. The trial is likely to take a long time. The period of detention suffered by the petitioner might have a deterrent effect upon the petitioner not to commit the similar offence during the pendency of trial. The petition is allowed and the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bonds/surety bonds to the satisfaction of the trial Court. (M.M.S.BEDI) JUDGE November 01, 2011. rka