IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. 20041-M of 2007 DATE OF DECISION : 02.04.2007 Charna Singh .... PETITIONER Versus State of Punjab ..... RESPONDENT CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. Dalip S. Brar, Advocate, for the petitioner. This is second petition filed by petitioner Charna Singh under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the grant of regular bail in case FIR No. 22 dated 31.1.2006 under Section 15/61/85 of the NDPS Act, registered at Police Station Sadar, Mansa. His earlier petition was dismissed by this court on December 04, 2006, while observing as under :- “In this case, the petitioner has been specifically named in the FIR, which was registered before the raid was conducted. When the raid was conducted, the petitioner is said to have run away from the spot and he was identified by Yadwinder Singh HC and Paramjit Singh Constable and 7 bags of poppy husk were recovered. Counsel for the respondent-State submits that one more case of NDPS Act is pending against the petitioner and earlier also, he was involved in a case under the NDPS Act and the Excise Act. Keeping in view the aforesaid facts, I am not inclined to grant the regular bail to the petitioner. Dismissed.” Crl. Misc. No. 20041-M of 2007 -2- After hearing counsel for the petitioner, I do not find any fresh ground for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner. Dismissed. However, keeping in view the custody period of the petitioner, trial court is directed to expedite the trial. April 02, 2007 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE