Crl. Misc. No. M-27971 of 2010 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-27971 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision : December 8, 2010 Kamaljit Singh ........Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent ****** CORAM : HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present : Mr. C.L.Verma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Amandeep Singh Rai, AAG, Punjab. SABINA, J. Petitioner has filed this petition under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No.78 dated 11.7.2010, under Section 15 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, registered at Police Station Mehatpur, District Jalandhar. The prosecution case in brief is that the petitioner was seen coming on a motorcycle bearing No. PB-08AQ-7487 on 11.7.2010. However, the petitioner left the motorcycle at the spot and then fled away. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner was not apprehended at the spot and has no connection with the motorcycle in question. Crl. Misc. No. M-27971 of 2010 (O&M) 2 Learned State counsel, on the other hand, has submitted that the petitioner had purchased the motorcycle in question on 17.8.2009 from Lakhbir Singh and had executed receipt qua taking in possession of the said motorcycle on 18.8.2009. Since the petitioner is owner of the motorcycle in question and from the said motorcycle 10 kg poppy husk was recovered, no ground for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is made out. As per the prosecution case the petitioner had left the motorcycle at the spot and had thereafter fled away. Petitioner might be required for custodial interrogation. Dismissed. (SABINA) December 8, 2010 JUDGE Anand