IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-30964 of 2008 Date of decision : 30.07.2009 Harpreet Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and another ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Manoj Kumar, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab for respondent No. 1-State. Mr. Sanjiv Bansal, Advocate for respondent No. 2. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 439 Cr.P.C. for the grant of regular bail in complaint case under Section 302 red with Section 34 IPC titled “Avtar Singh Vs. Inderjit Singh and others”, pending in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ropar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the eye-witness namely Jaspreet Kaur has already stepped into the witness box and deposed. Counsel submits that since trial of the case is likely to take quite some time to conclude, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the trial. According to the counsel the petitioner has undergone incarceration since 09.06.2008 Learned counsel for the State as well as counsel for respondent No. 2 has opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner on the ground that allegations against him are serious in nature. Crl. Misc No. M-30964 of 2008 -2- However, keeping in view that present trial ensued on the basis of private complaint and the fact that petitioner has been in custody since 09.06.2008, I am of the considered view that petitioner deserves to be released on bail. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and the petitioner is ordered to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ropar. 30.07.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE