High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCRM-M/23421/2017disposed of

Balwinder Singh @ Binder v. State Of Punjab

2018-04-26Mr. Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan1 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH CRM-M No.23421 of 2017 Date of decision: 26.04.2018 Balwinder Singh @ Binder ....Petitioner

Versus

State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARVIND SINGH SANGWAN

Present:

Mr. Munish Gulati, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Samina Dhir, DAG, Punjab.

ARVIND SINGH SANGWAN J. (Oral) Prayer in this petition is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in FIR No.222 dated 02.11.2015 registered under Section 21 of the NDPS Act at Police Station Laddowal, District Ludhiana. After arguing the matter for some time, counsel for the petitioner restricts his argument only to the extent that a direction be issued to the trial Court for concluding the trial expeditiously. Counsel for the State, on instructions from HC Kanwaljit Singh, submits that still only 05 prosecution witnesses have been examined and 07 more witnesses are yet to be examined. Heard.

Considering the fact that the petitioner is in judicial lock up for the last about 11⁄2 years, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the trial Court to conclude the trial within a period of 03 months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. (ARVIND SINGH SANGWAN) JUDGE 26.04.2018 yakub Whether speaking/reasoned:

Yes/No Whether reportable:

Yes/No Mohd. Yakub 2018.04.27 10:08 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Chandigarh