CRM No.M-26367 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:-28.9.2010 Tehal Singh s/o Harbans Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MEHINDER SINGH SULLAR Present: Mr.L.S.Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Shilesh Gupta, DAG Punjab. M ehinder S ingh S ullar , J . (Oral) Having exercised his right of anticipatory bail and lost in the Court of Session, petitioner Tehal Singh son of Harbans Singh, has directed the present petition for anticipatory bail in a case registered against him, vide FIR No.76 dated 24.7.2010, on accusation of having committed the offence punishable under sections 15 and 25 of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short “the Act”) by the police of Police Station Bahaw Wala, Distt.Ferozepur, invoking the provisions of section 438 Cr.PC. 2. Notice of the petition was issued to the State. 3. At the very outset, the learned State counsel, on instructions from HC Lakhwinder Singh, has submitted that the petitioner is a habitual offender of committing the same offence. He has pointed out that two another identical cases have been registered against him, vide FIR No.70 dated 10.10.2009 under section 15 of the Act, Police Station City Malout and FIR No.220 dated 15.11.2008 under section 15 of the Act, Police Station Sadar Abohar. 4. In view of the fact that the petitioner is a habitual offender and two cases have already been registered against him, so, to my mind, he is not entitled to CRM No.M-26367 of 2010 2 the grant of anticipatory bail in the obtaining circumstances of the case. 5. In the light of the aforesaid reasons, the present petition is hereby dismissed as such. 28.9.2010 (Mehinder Singh Sullar) AS Judge