Criminal Misc. No. M-36533 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-36533 of 2010 Date of decision : 05.04.2011 Jasvinder Kumar ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Vikram Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Kartar Singh, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner vide FIR No. 560 dated 08.06.2010 under Sections 18 and 27-A of the NDPS Act at Police Station City, Karnal. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner is in custody since 08.06.2010. According to him, allegation against petitioner is that he was found in possession of 770 grams of opium, a non-commercial quantity. He submits that trail of the case may still take some time to conclude and thus no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during its pendency. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious. Criminal Misc. No. M-36533 of 2010 2 Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration of the petitioner and the fact that trial may still take some time to conclude, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to grant regular bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and petitioner is ordered to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Karnal. April 05, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE