IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-27479 of 2011 Date of Decision 03.11.2011 Ranjit Singh @ Rana --Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab --Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr.Vipin Mahajan,Advocate,for the petitioner Mr.A.S.Rai, DAG, Punjab RAKESH KUMAR JAIN,J: (Oral) This is a petition for bail pending trial in a case registered vide FIR No.39 dated 29.8.2010 under Sections 302,148,149 of the IPC and Section 25,54,59 of the Arms Act at Police Station Mattewal, District Amritsar. The FIR is registered on the statement of Major Singh who had alleged that on 29.8.2010, at about 9.25/30 p.m, he was on the roof of his house where he had gone for sleeping and the other members of his family were there in the Court-yard. The electricity bulb was on. He heard the arrival of a motor cycle and knock on the door of his house. His mother opened the door and his bhabhi Jasbir Kaur and niece Gagandeep Kaur followed her. In the light of bulb, he had seen Bablu, brother-in-law of Santokh Singh, of the same village who was wearing white coloured Kurta Pajama alonwith two more persons, one out of them had tied yellow and other had tied blue turbon. It is alleged that he can identify those CRM-M-27479 of 2011 -2- persons. Bablu asked for Nishan Singh and said that he wanted to teach him a lesson and in that process he fired a shot that killed his mother. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody from 09.9.2010 and the eye witnesses, namely Major Singh (PW-2), Jasbir Kaur (PW-3) and Dara Singh (PW-4) have already been examined but they failed to identify the petitioner on the ground that all of them were muffled faced. Learned counsel for the respondent has pointed out that witnesses of the extra judicial confession namely Tarsem and Dayal Singh have also been examined but they too did not support the prosecution case. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case but without making any observations on the merits of the case, the present petition is allowed and the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bonds to the satisfaction of learned trial Court. 03.11.2011 (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) rr JUDGE