IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-18004 of 2009 Date of decision : 19.08.2009 Jeet Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Aminder Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. P.S. Bajwa, DAG Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition praying for regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 419, 420, 465, 467, 468 and 471 IPC at police station City Sangrur vide FIR No. 151 dated 13.06.2008. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been in custody since 23.10.2008 and the case is triable by the Magistrate. According to the counsel, no prosecution witness has been examined till date. Counsel further submits that trial is likely to take some some time to conclude, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the trial. Learned counsel for the State has, however, opposed the bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case and taking into consideration the period of detention already suffered by him and the fact that the case is triable by the Magistrate, I deem it appropriate Crl. Misc No. M-18004 of 2009 -2- to grant regular bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and he is ordered to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sangrur. 19.08.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE