Criminal Misc. No. M-1261 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-1261 of 2011 Date of decision : 01.02.2011 Narinder Singh @ Kala ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. JBS Gill, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Arshvinder Singh, 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. 177 dated 29.10.2005 under Sections 452-323-324- 34 IPC at Police Station Hariana District Hoshiarpur. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been in custody since 06.12.2010. According to him, trial of the case may still take long time to conclude and thus no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that petitioner was earlier declared a proclaimed offender. He submits that in case petitioner is to be enlarged on bail, the same should be subject to stringent conditions. Heard. Criminal Misc. No. M-1261 of 2011 2 Keeping in view the fact that petitioner has been in custody for about two months now and 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 any longer. 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, Hoshiarpur. This, however, will be subject to heavy surety and/or any other condition(s) which the trial court may deem fit to impose. February 01, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE