Dinesh Kumar Suman vs Union of India

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2024 Supreme(P&H) 514

JASGURPREET SINGH PURI
Dinesh Kumar Suman – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant :Mr. Ravinder Malik Ravi Advocate
For the Respondent: Mr. Sourabh Goel Senior Panel counsel

JUDGMENT :

Jasgurpreet Singh Puri, J.

The present is a second petition filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing Crime No.24 dated 14.05.2019, under Sections 8, 18, 29 & 60 of NDPS Act, registered at Police Station Narcotics Control Bureau, CZU, Chandigarh.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is in custody for 5 years and charges in the present case were framed on 30.03.2020 which is more than 4 years and there are total 27 prosecution witnesses and even 13 witnesses are yet to be examined. He submitted that when earlier the petitioner had filed a bail petition before this Court, the same was dismissed by this Court vide Annexure P-5 on 06.07.2023 wherein rather considering the incarceration of the petitioner, a direction was issued to the learned trial Court to expedite the trial only considering the long custody of the petitioner.

3. Learned counsel further submitted that the allegation in the present case was pertaining to recovery of 20 kgs. of Opium from two accused including the petitioner. He further submitted that in fact the petitioner has been falsely implicated in

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