IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Miscellaneous No.6677-M of 2009 DATE OF DECISION : MAY 25, 2009 BALWINDER SINGH ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS THE STATE OF PUNJAB .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Mr. Inderjeet Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Mr. AK Sharma, Senior DAG, Punjab. AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) This petition under Section 439, Code of Criminal Procedure, seeks bail for Balwinder Singh son of Harnek Singh in FIR No.75 dated 28.6.2007 under Section 15 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (Act No.61 of 1985), Police Station, Rampura, District Bathinda. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that, admittedly, the petitioner was not apprehended at the spot. The petitioner is sought to Criminal Miscellaneous No.6677-M of 2009 2 be connected with the crime only by way of a driving licence which was recovered from the vehicle. It has been asserted on behalf of the petitioner that the driving licence does not belong to the petitioner, rather it belongs to somebody else. Witness in that context; namely, Sheetal Singh, Clerk, office of District Transport Officer, Ferozepur, has already been examined, who has made it evident that the original licence issued, as per record, was in the name of Surinder Singh son of Jaspal. The name found on the recovered driving licence, Exh.P-3, is that of the petitioner. Thus, the driving licence was fake. Learned counsel for the respondent-State, on instructions from ASI Major Singh, Police Station, Rampura Phul, states that, in deed, the driving licence is not of the petitioner. In view of the above and without commenting on the merits of the case, this petition is allowed. Bail to the satisfaction of CJM, Bathinda. Heavy surety. May 25, 2009 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE