JUDGMENT

Vikas Bahl, J. (Oral) - This order will dispose of two criminal miscellaneous petitions filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C. for grant of regular bail pending trial to the petitioners in FIR no.160 dated 18.09.2020 registered under Sections 21 and 22 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, Act, 1985 (in short 'NDPS Act') at Police Station Division no.1, District Pathankot.

2. The first petition, i.e. CRM-M-18642-2021 titled as 'Ravdeep Singh @ Sheru vs. State of Punjab' has been filed by Ravdeep Singh @ Sheru and the second petition, i.e. CRM-M-17048-2022 titled as 'Rakesh Sharma vs. State of Punjab' has been filed by Rakesh Kumar Sharma.

3. Learned counsel for both the petitioners have jointly submitted that in the present case, the petitioners have been falsely implicated and both the petitioners are not involved in any other case and they have been in custody since 18.09.2020 and out of 26 prosecution witnesses, only 1 witness is partially examined and thus, the trial is likely to take time. It is further submitted that the father of Ravdeep Singh @ Sheru, i.e. Santokh Singh is the owner of 13 marlas of land in front of New Judicial Court Complex, near Chhoti Nehar,