JUDGMENT

Amol Rattan Singh, J. (Oral). - CRM-M-42664 of 2020

This petition has been filed seeking setting aside/quashing of the impugned order dated 24.11.2020 passed by the learned Judge, Special Court, Sangrur (copy Annexure P-6) in case CRM/1164/2020, titled as State v. Upashu, arising out of FIR no.51 dated 22.02.2020, registered under the provisions of Sections 22, 61, 85 of the NDPS Act, at Police Station Sadar Dhuri, District Sangrur, whereby the application filed by the petitioner to direct the mobile companies concerned to preserve the call and tower location records and produce the same in the court, has been disposed of without allowing the application qua all mobile phone numbers given therein.

A further prayer has been made for issuance of a direction that the mobile location records as prayed for in the application may be preserved, with further proceedings also sought to be stayed before the trial court, during the pendency of the present petition.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner points to the application filed by the petitioner before the learned Judge, Special Court, Dhuri, dated 14.09.2020 (copy Annexure P-l), wherein it is seen that 10 mobile phone numbers are