IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M-19707 of 2008 Date of decision : 27.8.2008 Manjeet Singh .....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana etc. ...Respondents **** CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Mr. V.S. Rana, Advocate for the petitioner, Mr. Sidharth Sarup, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana S. D. ANAND, J. The parole plea of the petitioner, a convict under N.D.P.S. Act was declined just because he is undergoing sentence in a case under the N.D.P.S. Act. The view that a petitioner-prisoner, undergoing imprisonment on conviction for smuggling of narcotic substances, cannot be released on parole had already been negatived by a judgment rendered by this Court in Criminal Writ No. 1157 of 2006 (Sukhwinder Singh @ Titto Vs. State of Punjab) decided on 10.8.2007. The petition shall stand allowed. The competent authority is directed to pass an order afresh within a period of one from today in the light of the observations made by this Court in Sukhwinder Singh @ Titto's case (supra). Disposed of accordingly. August 27, 2008 (S. D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE Note: Whether to be referred to Reporter: Yes/No