Chandigarh, September 28
Overruling objections by the state counsel, the Punjab and Haryana HC granted regular bail to two accused in a case allegedly involving commercial quantity of drugs. Among other things, the Bench took into consideration the fact that the SC in August upheld a coordinate Bench judgment, granting bail to an accused in a case allegedly involving recovery of 3.8-kg ‘charas’. The accused in the case had been in custody for over one year.
The orders by Justice Vikas Bahl came on a bunch of two petitions filed against the state of Punjab by Bikram Singh and Aman Sharma. Justice Bahl said the petitioners had been in custody for more than a year. The challan had been presented and only one out of 25 witnesses had been examined. The trial was likely to take time, more so in view of the pandemic. All witnesses were stated to be official witnesses. — TNS
Punjab and Haryana High Court grants bail to 2 in drugs case
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