IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-2670 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: March 29, 2011 Surinder Singh …..Petitioner versus State of Punjab .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.Sandeep Arora, Advocate for the petitioner Mr.Shilesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) This is a petition under section 439 Cr.P.C. seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under sections 326,324,323,34 IPC vide FIR No.164 dated 6.7.2010 at police station Maqsudan, District Jalandhar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been in custody since 11.11.2010, case is triable by Magistrate and it is at the stage of recording prosecution evidence. He submits that 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 allegations against the petitioner are serious. He, on instructions from HC-Gurnam Singh who is present in court, does not dispute the fact that case is at the stage of recording prosecution evidence. Crl.Misc.No.M-2670 of 2011 -2- Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration of petitioner and the fact that case is triable by Magistrate, 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. Bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Jalandhar. Disposed of. March 29, 2011 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE