Crl..W.P. No. 2140 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal W.P. No.2140 of 2010(O&M) Date of Decision : 21.02.2011 Rajesh Kumar ..... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ..... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. V.K.Jindal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Sudhir Nehra, Addl. A.G., Punjab, for the respondent-State. NAWAB SINGH J.(Oral) Rajesh Kumar - Petitioner was convicted and sentenced to undergoing rigorous imprisonment for a period of 12 years in case registered against him under Section 21 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, on the complaint filed by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, by Special Judge, New Delhi, vide order dated December 6th, 2008. He is confined in Central Jail, Amritsar. 2. Allegations against him were that the petitioner was found in possession of 20.6 Kilograms of heroin. He filed application to release him on parole, but the same was dismissed by Director General of Police (Prisons), Punjab by order dated November 1st, 2010 (Annexure P/7). 3. The solitary submission made by learned counsel for the petitioner is that while dismissing the application of the petitioner to release him on parole, competent authorities inter-alia observed that the petitioner was found in possession of 30 Kilograms Crl..W.P. No. 2140 of 2010 2 of heroin, whereas, he was found in possession of about 20 kilograms. So, the State Government be directed to reconsider the case of the petitioner in view of the fact that he was found in possession of 20 kilograms of heroin and not 30 Kilograms. 4. Without commenting upon the merits of the case, the petition is disposed of with a direction to the State Government to re-consider the case of the petitioner by taking into consideration that he was found in possession of 20 kilograms of heroin. To verify the same, the competent authorities shall go-through the judgment dated December 6th, 2008 passed by Special Judge, New Delhi. 5. Disposed of. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 21.2.2011 som