CRM-M-27320-2011 (O&M) [ 1 ] :::::::: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-27320-2011 (O&M) Date of decision:31.10.2011 Sukhdev Singh ...Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr. R.S.Aulakh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. A.S.Rai, DAG, Punjab. ***** RAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J. (ORAL) This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a pending trial case registered vide FIR No.48 dated 04.04.2011, under Section 15 of the NDPS Act at Police Station Dakha, District Ludhiana Rural. As per the FIR, Vijay Kumar @ Vijay Singh, who was travelling in a Scorpio car bearing registration No.HR-26AE-3769, was apprehended at the spot from whom 102 Kgs 600 grams of poppy husk was recovered. The said Vijay Kumar allegedly disclosed that the persons who had ran away from the spot were Joga Singh alias Baldev Singh and Harinder Singh. The petitioner has been involved in this case on the ground that he is the owner of the said Scorpio vehicle. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was already in Central Jail, Ferozepur in a case FIR No.156 dated 27.10.2009, registered under Sections 15/61/85 of the NDPS Act at Police Station Zira at the time of alleged occurrence and the vehicle was used by the alleged accused in the present case by putting a fake number plate. In this regard, an affidavit of SI Sukhwinder Singh has been filed in the Court in which the aforesaid fact has been admitted that the said vehicle was bearing a fake number plate and the CRM-M-27320-2011 (O&M) [ 2 ] :::::::: petitioner is not the owner of the said vehicle. After hearing both the learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case but without making any observation on the merits, the present petition is hereby allowed and the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bonds to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court. October 31, 2011 (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) vinod* JUDGE