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JASJIT SINGH BEDI
Andeep Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Jasjit Singh Bedi, J. - This 3rd petition under Section 439 Cr.P.C. is for the grant of regular bail in case bearing FIR No.106 dated 14.04.2021 (Annexure P-1) registered under Section 22(C) of the NDPS Act, 1985 at Police Station Patran, District Patiala.
2. The brief facts of the case are that while the police party was on patrolling duty, a white colour Alto car bearing No.PB-28E-0322 was stopped. On suspicion, the driver disclosed his name as Andeep Singh (petitioner) son of Satpal Singh, the person sitting on the conductor seat as Beant Singh and the person sitting on the back seat of the car as Karamjit Singh (granted bail vide order dated 28.04.2023 passed in CRM-M-200892023) son of Hardeep Singh. A search of the car revealed a black colour bag which was found to contain 70 intoxicant bottles of Wunicrex, Chlorpheniramine Maleate and Codeine Phosphate Syrup of 100 ML each and 100 strips of tablets having 10 tablets in each strip of Carisoma Carisoprodol tablets. Thereafter, the FIR came to be registered.
3. The learned counsel for the petitioner contends that there is violation of the mandatory provisions of search and seizure. No independent public witness was joined
The right to a speedy trial and the status of the accused as a first-time offender can influence the court to relax bail provisions under the NDPS Act.
The court can relax statutory bail conditions under the NDPS Act for first-time offenders awaiting trial to uphold the right to a speedy trial.
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