Criminal Misc. No. M-1264 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-1264 of 2011 Date of decision : 01.02.2011 Harbhajan Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. JBS Gill, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Arshvinder Singh, 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. 133 dated 31.08.2010 under Sections 406-420 IPC and Section 10 of the Immigration Act, 1983 at Police Station Sadar, Hoshiarpur. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been in custody since 05.12.2010 and case is triable by Magistrate. He, thus, 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, does Criminal Misc. No. M-1264 of 2011 2 not dispute the fact that investigation has been completed and challan has been prepared in this case. Heard. Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration of the petitioner and the fact that case is triable by Magistrate, 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, Hoshiarpur. February 01, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE