IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM-M-22184 of 2011 (O&M) Decided on Dec 20,2011 Ranjit Singh @ Rana --Petitioner vs. State of Punjab --Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mrs.G.K.Mann,Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. K.D.Sachdeva, Addl.A.G, Punjab RAKESH KUMAR JAIN,J: (ORAL) This is a petition for bail pending trial in a case registered FIR No.153 dated 17.12.2010, registered under Sections 20,29,61 and 85 of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short, 'NDPS Act') at Police Station Gate Hakima, District Amritsar City. The petitioner is in custody for recovery of 2 Kg charas. His bail was delcined by the trial Court on the ground of recovery of commercial quantity. At the time of notice of motion, the bail application was not pressed on merit. It was, however, alleged that the petitioner is critically ill and is suffering from advanced stage of TB. During the course of hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner had submitted that the petitioner is also a heart patient. In view thereof, learned counsel for the State was asked to bring on record the report of latest medical status of the petitioner. In this regard, a short affidavit of Devi Dutt Inspector/SHO, Police Station Gate Hakima, Amritsar City was CRM-M-22184 of 2011 (O&M) -2- filed in Court on 13.12.2011. According to the affidavit, the petitioner was admitted in I.C.U in Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar from 19.11.2011 to 08.12.2011 as he was suffering from RHD & CUDe-MS of cardioc Sugery and in the evening of 08.12.2011 at 3.45, he was taken back to the Central Jail. Gumthala, Amritsar. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that so far, out of 8 witnesses, only one witness has been examined and that the petitioner is neither a previous convict nor any other case is pending against him. I have gone through the record from which I have found that the petitioner is admittedly suffering from heart disease. He is neither a previous convict nor any other case is pending against him. In view thereof, I deem it proper to grant him bail. Hence, the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail for a period of three months on medical grounds on his furnishing personal bond for an amount of `50,000/- with two local sureties in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the learned trial Court who shall also impose any other condition as it may deem fit. December 20,2011 (Rakesh Kumar Jain) RR Judge