IN TH E HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-12699-2011 Date of decision:22.09.2011. Sukhbir Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr. JBS Gill, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. A.S.Rai, DAG, Punjab. ***** Rakesh Kumar Jain, J. (Oral) This is a petition for grant of bail in a pending trial case registered vide FIR No.75 dated 13.07.2009, under Section 15 of the NDPS Act at Police Station Banur, District Patiala. The petitioner was apprehended with 120 Kgs. of poppy husk which falls within the definition of commercial quantity. The petitioner had applied for bail before the learned Trial Court which was dismissed on 14.10.2009 in terms of Section 37 of the NDPS Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody from 13.07.2009 and the trial is not making any headway because the supplementary challan has now been presented. He further submits that there are 13 witnesses but no PW has been examined so far. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of this case and the custody period of the petitioner, the learned Trial Court is directed to expedite the trial, otherwise Section 37 of the NDPS Act comes in the way of the petitioner for the grant of bail. The petition stands disposed of. September 22, 2011 (Rakesh Kumar Jain) vinod* Judge