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High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCRM-M/34810/2022allowed

Gurpreet Singh @ Gopi v. State Of Punjab

2022-09-21Mr. Justice Pankaj Jain2 pages

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has been filed. The same is taken on record. As per the same the petitioner has undergone actual custody of 2 months and 20 days.

Counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner is in custody since 01.07.2022. He further submits that the contraband alleged to have been recovered from the petitioner is less than commercial quantity POOJA SHARMA 2022.09.21 05:56 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

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and thus the case of the petitioner would not be hit by provisions contained in Section 37 of the NDPS Act.

Learned State counsel states that as per the custody certificate, the petitioner is facing another FIR under NDPS Act, however, in the said case he is on bail. He thus submits that the petitioner being habitual offender is not entitled for grant of regular bail. POOJA SHARMA 2022.09.21 05:56 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document