Mr. Jaswant Singh, J.:- CRM No. 15390 of 2016

The petitioner has filed the application for placing on record orders dated 02.12.2013 and 20.10.2014 passed by Customs Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, and order dated 15.07.2014 passed by a Division Bench of this Hon’ble Court as Annexures P-9, P-10 & P-11, respectively.

CRM allowed and P-9 to P-11 are taken on record.

MAIN CASE

1. The present application/petition under Section 439 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the accused-petitioner seeking grant of regular bail in criminal complaint bearing No. 1766/2016 dated 03.03.2016, titled as “Central Excise Commissionerate, Jalandhar Vs. M/s. Dunar Foods Limited and Ors.” (Annexure P-5) filed under the Section 9 & 9AA of the Central Excise Act, 1944, pending before the Court of learned CJM, Amritsar.

2. The petitioner-Mandeep Singla has been arrested by an Inspector of Central Excise, Amritsar under Section 13 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (for short ‘1944 Act’). The petitioner has been arrested for commission of an offence punishable under Section 9 and 9AA of the 1944 Act. The petitioner was arrested on 05.01.2016 and the respondent-Central Excise Department (for short ‘depart