Crl. Misc. No. M-32823 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-32823 of 2011 Date of decision : 09.12.2011 Somvir ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Kartar Singh Malik (I), Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. D.S. Nalwa, Addl. Advocate General, 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. 116 dated 21.04.2010 under section 399/402 IPC and section 25/54/59 of the Arms Act at Police Station Urban Estate, Rohtak. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody since 21.04.2010 and trial of the case is still pending. He has referred to order dated 17.05.2011 (Annexure P-2) passed by this court to contend that petitioner was given liberty to file afresh in case trial is not concluded within three months. He has, however, submitted that in the instant case only allegation against the petitioner is that he was armed with iron rod. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious. Crl. Misc. No. M-32823 of 2011 2 Heard. It is evident that petitioner has been in custody for 1 year and 8 months now and trial of the case is still pending. In my considered view 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, Rohtak. December 09, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE