JUDGMENT

S.S. Saron J.— This order will dispose of references made by the learned Single Judge in Inderjeet Singh @ Laddi v. State of Punjab CRM No.M- 13140; Ravinder Singh @ Rinku v. State of Punjab CRM No.M-1379 of 2013; Rani v. State of Punjab CRMNo.M-14461 of 2012 and Mohd. Shamshad v. State of Punjab CRM No.M-20282 of 2012.

2. In Inderjeet Singh @Laddi v. State of Punjab (Cri. Misc. No.M-13140 of 2012), the petitioner was apprehended with the following ‘manufactured drugs’ as per the report of the Forensic Science Laboratory (“FSL”- for short):

(a) 30 Rexc of bottles containing 5.88 gms of codeine.

(b) 1500 Momolit of tablets containing 3.45 gms of diphenoxylate.

(c) 500 Phenotil tablets containing 1.1 gms diphenoxylate.

(d) 150 Parvon Spas capsules containing 9.70 gms of dextropropoxyphene.

3. It is contended on behalf of the petitioner on the strength of two judgments of this Court in Baljit Singh v. State of Punjab, 2003(1) Criminal Court Cases 4 (P&H) and Manjit Singh v. State of Punjab, 2011(2) Criminal Court Cases 289 P&H): 201 that the substances allegedly recovered from the petitioner being manufactured drugs do not come within the purview of the Narcotic Drugs and