Criminal Misc. No. M-22380 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-22380 of 2010 Date of decision : 25.04.2011 Lakhwinder Singh @ Mooti ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Vivek Suri, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner vide FIR No. 96 dated 25.05.2008 under Sections 15 & 29 of the NDPS Act at Police Station Civil Lines, Batala, District Gurdaspur. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he may be allowed to withdraw this petition. He, however, submits that petitioner has been in custody since 21.08.2009 and thus a direction may be issued to the trial court to expedite the trial. Learned State counsel, on instructions from ASI Nirmal Singh, who is present in court, submits that seven prosecution witnesses have already been examined and two have already been given up. He submits that prosecution shall try to lead its entire evidence before the trial court as expeditiously as possible. Criminal Misc. No. M-22380 of 2010 2 In view of above, this petition is dismissed as withdrawn. It is, however, directed that trial court shall endeavor to conclude the trial expeditiously. April 25, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE