Crl. Misc. No. M-18038 of 2011 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Case No. : Crl. Misc. No. M-18038 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision : December 15, 2011 Baljinder Singh @ Billa .... Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr. Bhupinder Ghai, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab. Mr. Ashu Kaushik, Advocate for the complainant. * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : Crl. Misc. No.69071 of 2011 : Application is allowed and Annexures P-7 to P-9 are taken on record, subject to all just exceptions. Main Case : Accused Baljinder Singh @ Billa has filed this petition for bail in case FIR No.12 dated 11.02.2011, under Sections 323, 324 and 341 of the Crl. Misc. No. M-18038 of 2011 (O&M) 2 Indian Penal Code (in short – IPC) read with Section 34 IPC (Section 307 IPC added later on), registered at Police Station Sohana, District S. A. S. Nagar. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. According to the prosecution version, the petitioner inflicted two injuries with knife on left arm and left leg to complainant Amrik Singh. Arm injury has been found to be dangerous to life leading to addition of offence under Section 307 IPC. Counsel for the petitioner contended that injured complainant Amrik Singh and eye-witness Gurmit Singh have since been examined in the trial court vide statements Annexures P-7 and P-8, whereas the only other eye-witness Bahadur Singh has been given up by the prosecution and thus, all material witnesses have already been examined and there would be no question of tampering with evidence. Counsel for the petitioner also stated that the petitioner is in custody since 26.03.2011 i.e. for more than 8½ months. Learned State counsel, on instructions from HC Paramjit Singh, admitted that the petitioner is in custody since 26.03.2011. The petitioner is already in custody for more than 8½ months. Material witnesses have already been examined. Injuries were not on vital Crl. Misc. No. M-18038 of 2011 (O&M) 3 parts. Trial is likely to take time. Keeping in view the aforesaid, but without meaning to express any opinion on merits of the case, the instant bail petition is allowed. Bail to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/ Duty Magistrate, S. A. S. Nagar (Mohali). December 15, 2011 ( L. N. MITTAL ) monika JUDGE