Crl. Misc. No. M-829 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-829 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 15.1.2010 Mohd. Ali Sahia alias Mohd. Ali Hassan ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Liaqat Ali, Advocate, for the petitioner. Rajan Gupta, J (oral). This is a petition under Section 439 Cr.P.C. for grant of regular bail in a case bearing FIR No.50 dated 30th August, 2008, registered against the petitioner under Sections 18/61/85 of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short the 'NDPS Act') at Police Station Barnala, District Barnala. According to the allegations in the FIR, the petitioner was apprehended with 3½ Kgs. of opium kept in a small plastic box and recovered from the bag he was carrying in his left hand. The only ground for bail agitated in this petition is that the petitioner has been in custody since 30th August, 2008 and trial of the case has not made much headway. In view of the fact that quantity of opium recovered from the petitioner is commercial quantity, the same would attract Section 37 of the NDPS Act. Crl. Misc. No. M-829 of 2010 2 I, thus, find no ground for enlarging the petitioner on bail. The earlier bail application, preferred by the petitioner bearing Crl. Misc. No. M-23079 of 2009 was dismissed on 21st August, 2009. No fresh ground has been agitated for seeking the concession of bail. The petition is, thus, dismissed. It is, however, directed that the trial court shall endeavour to conclude the trial expeditiously preferably within a period of six months. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE January 15, 2010 'rajpal'