Dharminder Singh vs State Of Punjab on 18 March, 2021
Even if the aforesaid precedents being based on factual
premise and not to be taken for consideration, but I deem it
appropriate to consider the custody of the petitioner since
19.01.2019 and the alleged recovery from a transparent bag to
be prima facie material to grant indulgence, particularly when
the petitioner has no anticedent behaviour of criminal activity.
Reliance can be placed on CRM-M No.17481 of 2020 titled
Mani Singh @ Maddi Vs. State of Punjab decided on
22.07.2020, CRM-M No.25383 of 2020 titled Gurbaksh Singh
Vs. State of Punjab decided on 02.09.2020 and CRM-M
No.23706 of 2020 titled Hardum Vs. State of Haryana
decided on 24.08.2020, wherein custody coupled with clean
antecedent were considered for granting regular bail to the
accused.