IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-2743 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: April 07, 2011 Gurpreet Singh …..Petitioner versus State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.Suveer Sheokand, Advocate for the petitioner Mr.Shilesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) This is a petition under section 439 Cr.P.C. seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under sections 307/323/324/506/148/149 IPC vide FIR No.36 dated 20.7.2010 at police station Behram, District Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that injury attracting offence under section 307 IPC is not attributed to petitioner. He submits that petitioner is in custody since 7.9.2010 and trial is at the stage of recording prosecution evidence. He submits that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of trial. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious. He, however, (on instructions from HC-Inderjit Singh, who is present in court) does not dispute the fact Crl.Misc.No.M-2743 of 2011 - 2 - that two prosecution witnesses have already been examined and examination of two other prosecution witnesses is in progress. Keeping in view the period of incarceration of petitioner and the fact that trial may still take some time to conclude, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of trial. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to grant regular bail to the petitioner. Bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. Disposed of. April 07, 2011 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE 2