IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. : M-32238 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: December 21, 2011 Kanwaljit Kinni ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI Present: Mr. Vivek Salathia, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. P.S. Bajwa, DAG, Punjab. Mr. Amit Verma, Advocate for the complainant. * * * * M.M.S. BEDI, J. (oral) Petitioner has been in custody w.e.f. 11.08.2010 on the allegation of having caused injury in the abdomen of Gurdeep Singh alias Manna with a knife. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the complainant has already been examined and chances of tampering with the evidence are remote. Learned counsel for the complainant has opposed the application for bail on the ground that two material eye witnesses are yet to be examined. Learned State counsel has informed that out of total 15 witnesses, only one witness has been examined. Taking into consideration, the period undegone by the petitioner and the right of the petitioner for expeditious disposal and striking a balance between the right of personal liberty of the petitioner and the right of the prosecution agency to produce evidence, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the petition with a direction that learned trial Crl. Misc. No. : M-32238 of 2011 (O&M) - 2 - Court will conclude the trial within a period of six months after the next date of hearing. In case the trial is not concluded within the above said period, the trial Court will release the petitioner on bail on his furnishing bail bonds/surety bonds to the satisfaction of the trial Court. (M.M.S. BEDI) December 21, 2011 JUDGE sarita