CRM No. M-23786 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM No. M-23786 of 2009 Date of decision: 27.8.2009 Jasbir Singh and another ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Sunil Agnihotri, Advocate, for the petitioners. Rajan Gupta, J (oral). This is a petition under Section 439 Cr.P.C. seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 15, 25, 29, 61, 85 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 at Police Station Civil Lines, Batala, vide FIR No.96 dated 25th May, 2008. The FIR was lodged due to recovery of 210 Kgs of poppy straw from a truck. Learned counsel for the petitioners argued that the petitioners have been in custody since 25th May, 2008. There is no direct evidence to link the petitioners with the alleged recovery of contraband. He, therefore, deserves to be enlarged on bail. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioners and given careful thought to the facts of the case. In my considered view, in view of the quantity of contraband, alleged to have been recovered from the truck, Section 37 CRM No. M-23786 of 2009 2 of the NDPS Act would be attracted to the present case. Merely because the petitioners have been in custody since 25th May, 2008, does not entitle them to be enlarged on bail pending trial. I, thus, find no ground for enlarging the petitioners on bail. The petition is hereby dismissed. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE August 27, 2009 'rajpal'