Gurdial Singh vs State of Punjab - 2023 Supreme(P&H) 1716

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2023 Supreme(P&H) 1716

HARSH BUNGER
Gurdial Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Parties : Mr. Harjinder Singh, Mr. Harjinder S. Sidhu AAG, Punjab

Table of Content
1. overview of fir and arrest details (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4)
2. arguments for and against bail (Para 5 , 6)
3. court considerations for granting bail (Para 7 , 8 , 15 , 16)
4. relevant supreme court precedents on bail (Para 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14)
5. final order granting bail with conditions (Para 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21)

Judgment

Mr. Harsh Bunger, J.

Petitioner (Gurdial Singh) has filed the present petition under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking grant of regular bail in case bearing FIR No. 146 dated 1.6.2021, under Section 22 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, registered at Police Station City Phagwara, District Kapurthala.

2. Status report by way of affidavit dated 18.4.2023 of Mr. Jaspreet Singh, P.P.S., Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sub Division Phagwara, Kapurthala, has been filed on behalf of State of Punjab, which is already on record.

3. Custody certificate dated 18.4.2023 of the petitioner has already been filed by learned State counsel, which is already on record.

4. Briefly, the aforesaid FIR was registered on the complaint of ASI Jaswant Rai, who stated that on 1.6.2021 when he alongwith Head Constable Jagroop Singh