SAMRAT SABHARWAL vs STATE OF PUNJAB

135 CRM-M-27971-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-27971-2026 Date of decision: 18.05.2026 SAMRAT SABHARWAL ….Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present:- Mr. Mukesh Mehra, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. J.S. Rattu, DAG Punjab. ..… RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J. (ORAL) Prayer in the instant petition filed under Section 528 of BNSS, is for issuance of direction to the trial Court for speedy disposal of trial in connection with FIR No.41 dated 21.05.2021, under Section 22 of the NDPS Act, registered at Police Station Division No.4, District Jalandhar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was granted concession of bail vide order dated 16.05.2022 and since then is regularly appearing before the learned Trial Court to face trial. He submits that after presentation of challan, charges were framed against the petitioner on 11.03.2022 and thereafter the case was fixed for prosecution evidence and the prosecution has cited 14 witnesses and no private witness has been cited in the present case. He further submits that the complainant is also an official witness and till date desp