Criminal Misc. No. M-2509 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-2509 of 2011 Date of decision : 05.05.2011 Gurpreet Singh @ Gopi ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Ms. G.K. Mann, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Kartar Singh, DAG Haryana. 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. 303 dated 20.12.2009 under Sections 398, 401, 420, 307 & 412 IPC and Section 25 of the Arms Act at Police Station Parao. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner is in custody since 20.12.2009, trial of the case is still pending and thus petitioner deserves to be enlarged on bail. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail. He submits that petitioner is involved in several other cases of dacoity. He also fled from the custody of Punjab police. He further submits that four prosecution witnesses have already been examined in the case. Heard. Criminal Misc. No. M-2509 of 2011 2 The allegation against the petitioner is that he was planning to commit dacoity in the instant case. Recovery of .32 bore pistol and five cartridges were later effected from the petitioner. This apart, he is stated to be involved in several other cases of similar nature. Under the circumstances, I am of the considered view that petitioner is not entitled to concession of bail. The petition is devoid of merit and is hereby dismissed. May 05, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE