IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-13373 of 2009 Date of decision : 28.05.2009 Balbir Chand @ Sonu ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. M.S. Uppal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition for regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 323/324/326/148/149 IPC at police station Mehatpur, District Jalandhar vide FIR No. 112 dated 03.10.2008 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no specific injury has been attributed to the petitioner in the occurrence. According to the counsel, petitioner has already undergone incarceration since 17.01.2009. Counsel further submits that trial is likely to take some time to conclude, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the trial. Learned counsel for the State, on the other hand, has opposed the grant of bail to the petitioner on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. Keeping in view the fact that trial is likely to take some time to conclude as it has just commence, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the trial. Without Crl. Misc No. M-13373 of 2009 -2- 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 he is ordered to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jalandhar. 28.05.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE