Criminal Misc. No. M-17070 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-17070 of 2010 Date of decision : 04.08.2010 Ravi Kumar @ Ravi ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Suveer Sheokand, 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. 201 dated 20.08.2009 under Sections 307, 324, 341 & 506/34 IPC at Police Station Division No. 5, District Ludhiana, Punjab. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that injury attracting offence under Section 307 IPC is attributed to Sema, who is already in custody. He submits that only lalkara has been attributed to the petitioner in the entire occurrence. According to him, the petitioner has been in custody since 06.11.2009 and trial is still at its initial stage, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of same. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. He, however, does not dispute the fact that trial is still at its initial stage. Criminal Misc. No. M-17070 of 2010 2 I have heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner is stated to be in custody since 06.11.2009. Admittedly, the trial of the case is still at its initial stage and only lalkara has been attributed to the petitioner. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, period of incarceration of the petitioner and the fact that trial may still take some time to conclude, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during its pendency. 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, Ludhiana. August 04, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE