RAJESH KUMAR Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BY this common order, both the petitions, viz. (1) Criminal Misc. No. M -1033 of 2011 preferred by Rajesh Kumar and (2) Criminal Misc. No. M -3668 of 2011 filed by Shakti Singh under Section 439 Code of Criminal Procedure seeking regular bail to the Petitioners in case FIR No. 69 dated 04.08.2010 registered at Police Station Khnauri, District Sangrur under Section 18/25 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 shall be decided together.

(2.) IT is stated in the FIR that the police party was on a patrol duty for search of anti -social elements. When the police party reached on the bridge of Ghaggar Andana, then three persons were spotted standing near one motorcycle. They were apprehended. They were holding one big plastic box. They disclosed their names as Deepak Singla alias Deepu son of Prem Singla, Shakti Singh son of Zile Singh and Rajesh Kumar son of Parkash. It is stated that from their possession 2.52 kilograms of opium was recovered.

(3.) IN view of the order aforesaid passed by a Coordinate Bench in Criminal Misc. No. M -35029 of 2010, the Petitioners are also entitled to be released on regular bail. Accordingly, both the present petitions are allowed and the Petitioners are ordered to be released on bail, to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sangrur.