IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr.MPM No.1219 of 2010 Date of decision : November 12, 2010 Dharam Dass …Petitioner. Versus State of H.P. …Respondent. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surjit Singh, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioner : Mr. R.L. Chaudhary, Advocate. For the Respondent : Mr. Vikas Rathore, Deputy Advocate General and Mr. Ramesh Thakur, Assistant Advocate General. Surjit Singh, J (Oral) Heard and gone through the record. 2. Petitioner has been arrested in a case, under Section 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, alongwith one Baljeet Singh alias Bagga. 3. According to police record, petitioner and his accomplice Baljeet Singh were intercepted at a place, within the area of Police Station Nirmand, and in the course of their personal search, 1 kg Charas was recovered from each of them. Petitioner applied for grant of bail to the Special Judge. His bail plea has been rejected, on the ground that his accomplice was earlier also involved in two similar cases. 4. Admittedly, quantity of Charas recovered from the petitioner is less than commercial. Involvement of his accomplice in two cases of similar nature earlier could not Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? …2… have been a ground for rejection of his bail plea. Hence, the petition is allowed and it is ordered that the petitioner be released, on his furnishing bail bond in the sum of `50,000/- with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, Kinnaur at Rampur. Petition stands disposed of. Copy dasti. November 12, 2010(sd) ( Surjit Singh ), J