Criminal Misc. No. M-17905 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-17905 of 2010 Date of decision : 15.07.2010 Krishan ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. HPS Ghuman, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Dhir, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner vide FIR No. 369 dated 04.08.2009 under Sections 193/420/467/468/471 IPC at Police Station Model Town, Panipat. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that case is triable by the Magistrate and petitioner has been in custody for more than five months. He submits that only allegation against the petitioner is that he stood as a surety for one Radhey Shayam who had jumped bail. According to learned counsel, investigation in the case has already been completed and challan has been presented before the competent court of jurisdiction. He submits that trial is likely to take some time to conclude, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the trial. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the Criminal Misc. No. M-17905 of 2010 2 ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. He, however, does not dispute the fact that investigation has been completed and trial has commenced. Keeping in view that petitioner has been in custody for more than five months and trial is still at its initial stage, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the trial. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to grant regular bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and petitioner is ordered to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Panipat. July 15, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE