Crl.M. No. M-9133 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M. No. M-9133 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision : 1.6.2011 ... Angrej Singh ................Petitioner vs. State of Punjab .................Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.C. Puri Present: Ms. Amarjit Kaur Khurana, Advocate and Sh. Pankaj Bali, Advocate for the petitioner Sh.Amandeep Singh Rai, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. ... K.C. Puri, J. Angrej Singh – petitioner has applied for grant of regular bail in FIR No. 310 dated 24.11.2010 under Sections 22/61/85 of the NDPS Act, registered at Police Station City Khanna, District Ludhiana. As per allegation of the prosecution, following drugs were recovered from the petitioner.:- 500 bottles of Recodex Syrup each of 100 ML 90,000 tablets of Microlit 3,500 tablets of Nitrazepam 3,500 tablets of Lomotil Crl.M. No. M-9133 of 2011 -2- 50,000 tablets of Phenotil 709 injections. The opinion of the Drug Inspector was called for, in which it is mentioned that under Rule 66 of the NDPS Rules, a licenced chemist can keep Psychotropic medicines for sale, but he has not given any specific opinion. Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that petitioner is a licenced chemist and is in custody for more than 180 days and challan has not been presented till today. This position has been admitted by the State counsel. In view of Section 36(A) of NDPS Act, as the petitioner is in detention for more than 180 days, the petitioner is entitled to the concession of bail. Authorities reported as Tejpal Singh vs. State of Punjab 2008(2) RCR (Criminal) 414 and Rajeev Kumar vs. State of Punjab 1997 (4) RCR (Criminal) 846, also make out a case for grant of bail to the petitioner. So, bail to the satisfaction of the trial Court. ( K.C. Puri ) 1.6.2011 Judge chugh