Crl. Misc. No. M-36438 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-36438 of 2011 Date of Decision : 19th December, 2011 Paramjit Singh .... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr. Karan Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : By this common order, I am disposing of two cases i.e. Crl. Misc. No. M-36438 of 2011 filed by Paramjit Singh and Crl. Misc. No.M-37268 of 2011 filed by Sarabjit Singh, both seeking anticipatory bail in case FIR No.4 dated 18.01.2011 under Sections 15 of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act (in short, NDPS Act) registered at Police Station Makhu, District Ferozepur. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. This case presents a very strange picture. Impugned FIR Annexure P-1 was registered on the basis of information allegedly supplied by Paramjit Singh petitioner that his neighbour Harpal Singh had kept poppy husk in a bag in his house. Accordingly house of Harpal Singh was raided and 15 Crl. Misc. No. M-36438 of 2011 -2- kilograms poppy husk was recovered from the house. However, during enquiry it transpired that Paramjit Singh had earlier been picked in a case under the NDPS Act for possession of 175 grams of smack and Paramjit Singh suspected that Harpal Singh had given information against him about the smack and therefore, Paramjit Singh through Sarabjit Singh petitioner planted poppy husk in question in the house of Harpal Singh. Learned State counsel on instructions from HC Jagjit Singh also stated that one Mangat Singh stated during enquiry that petitioner Paramjit Singh had approached him (Mangat Singh) also for planting the poppy husk in the house of Harpal Singh but Mangat Singh refused and thereafter Paramjit Singh roped in Sarabjit Singh who planted the poppy husk in the house of Harpal Singh and it was seen by Mangat Singh. In view of the aforesaid serious allegations against both the petitioners, who tried to implicate Harpal Singh in false case by planting poppy husk in his house, but without meaning to express any opinion on merits of the case, in my considered opinion, the petitioners did not deserve the concession of anticipatory bail. Accordingly both the petitions are dismissed. 19th December, 2011 ( L. N. MITTAL ) 'raj' JUDGE