Chandigarh, Aug. 22 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the Haryana director general of police (DGP) to provide details of accused persons in drugs' seizure cases with their names, where the accused have not been arrested for six months after the cases have been registered.

The court also directed to provide detail about steps taken by the police to arrest such accused and whether any action has been taken against the investigating officers in such cases, if some negligence is found on their part.

The details were sought when the bench of justice NS Shekhawat came across a petition in which a person from Sirsa, Pargat Singh, accused in 12 FIRs including seven FIRs under the NDPS Act had petitioned the court seeking directi...