Crl.M.No.30392-M of 2010 #1# IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M.No.30392-M of 2010 Date of Order: 15.11.2010 Faruq Ahmed Bani and another .....Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. Deepak Goel, Advocate for Mr. Yogesh Goel, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG, Punjab. JASWANT SINGH, J (ORAL) Prayer under Section 439 Cr.P.C is for grant of regular bail in case FIR No.72 dated 23.8.2010 under Sections 15/61/85 of the NDPS Act, P.S Balachaur, District SBS Nagar. As per allegations in the FIR, recovery is of 25 kilograms of poppy husk. Learned counsel submits that the recovery is of non- commercial quantity and that the petitioners are not involved in any other case. It is further submitted that the investigation is over and the petitioners are in custody since 23.8.2010. Learned state counsel, on instructions from ASI Bhupinder Singh, concedes that the investigations are over and the trial is at the stage of recording of evidence and the next date fixed is 29.11.2010. Without commenting upon merit of the case and taking into Crl.M.No.30392-M of 2010 #2# account the non-commercial nature of quantity and that the trial is not likely to conclude in near future, I find that no useful purpose would be served by keeping the petitioners in custody any longer. Accordingly, petition is allowed and the petitioners are ordered to be released on bail to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, S.B.S Nagar. November 15, 2010 ( JASWANT SINGH ) manoj JUDGE