IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. M. No.12492-M of 2011 Date of Decision:23.5.2011 Paramjit Singh .... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM: Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present: Mr. A.P.S. Deol, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Vishal Rattan Lamba, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K.S. Pannu, D.A.G. Punjab. **** 1.Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2.To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? NIRMALJIT KAUR, J.(Oral) The present petition has been filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C. for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.167 dated 23.12.2007 registered under Sections 15,25,27-A,29,61,85 of NDPS Act at Police Station Julkan, District Patiala. The petitioner had filed petition i.e. Crl. M. No.10157-M of 2011 against the order declaring him proclaimed offender as well as for quashing the FIR in question on the ground that similarly situated co-accused of the petitioner has since been acquitted. Accordingly, notice of motion was issued but the matter was adjourned to enable the petitioner to surrender before the trial Court and file an application for regular bail. On doing so, the said application was ordered to be considered within 4 days. It is pointed out that the petitioner has since surrendered Crl. M. No.12492-M of 2011 -2- before the trial Court but his application for bail has since been dismissed on 13.4.2011. The petitioner is in judicial custody since then. It is not disputed that similarly situated co-accused namely Balbir Singh has since been acquitted by the trial Court. In view of the above, the present petition is allowed and the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patiala. 23.5.2011 ( NIRMALJIT KAUR ) rajeev JUDGE