Criminal Misc. No. M-37218 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-37218 of 2010 Date of decision : 04.03.2011 Paramjit Kaur @ Pammi ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present : Mr. Sanjeev Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. 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. 151 dated 27.09.2009 under Sections 306/34 IPC at Police Station Sadar Malout, District Muktsar. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner has been in custody since 22.11.2009 and trial of the case is still at its initial stage. He submits that trial is likely to take quite some time to conclude, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during its pendency. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious. He, however, does Criminal Misc. No. M-37218 of 2010 2 not dispute the fact that trial is already in progress and one prosecution witness has been examined. Heard. The allegations against the petitioner is that she was pressurizing deceased-Chamkaur Singh to transfer property in her name under which pressure he committed suicide. The case is at the stage of recording prosecution evidence and petitioner is in custody since 22.11.2009. Under the circumstances, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. 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, Muktsar. March 04, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE