IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-17605 of 2010 Date of decision : 21.07.2010 Balwant Singh and another ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. D.S. Pheruman, Advocate for the petitioners. 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 petitioners vide FIR No. 29 dated 12.04.2010 under Sections 325, 323, 308, 148 & 149 IPC at Police Station Sadar Tarn Taran. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that only simple injuries have been attributed to the petitioners. According to him, investigating agency has already completed the investigation. This apart, petitioners are in custody since May, 2010 and trial may take long time to conclude, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioners in custody during the pendency of trial. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioners are serious in nature. He, however, does not dispute the fact that investigation has been completed and challan presented before the competent court of jurisdiction. I have heard learned counsel for the parties. In view of the fact that investigation of the case has been completed and trial has commenced, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioners in custody during the pendency of the trial. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to grant regular bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and petitioners are ordered to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Tarn Taran. July 21, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE