IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-2856 of 2009 Date of decision : 20.03.2009 Hakam Singh Namberdar ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent. BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. T.S. Sangha, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Narinder Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) On the last date of hearing following orders was passed in this case:- “Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that two injuries on the person of the injured have been attributed specifically to Teji Sarpanch and his son Ravi Singh. According to the counsel, rest of the injuries are with blunt weapons but out of the two main injuries, none is attributed to the petitioner. Notice of motion to Advocate General Punjab for 20.03.2009.” Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody since 12.10.2008. Counsel, therefore, submits that since trial is likely to take quite some time to conclude, no useful purpose would be served by keeping the petitioner behind bars during pending trial. Learned counsel for the State on instructions from Head Constable Gurpal Singh submits that no specific injury is attributed to the Crl. Misc No. M-2856 of 2009 -2- petitioner. Under these circumstances, since the petitioner has already undergone incarceration for a period of 5 ½ months and the fact that trial is likely to take some time to conclude, I am of the considered view that petitioner deserves to be enlarged on bail pending trial. Bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bathinda. 20.03.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE