Crl. Misc. No.M-12136 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No.M-12136 of 2009 Date of decision:08.07.2009. Dinesh @ Babloo ...Petitioner Versus The State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Present: Mr. H.P.S. Aulakh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Yash Pal Malik, A.A.G, Haryana, for the respondent – State. ***** AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL). Present petition has been preferred for grant of regular bail in an FIR where the allegations against the petitioner are that he had used a knife to cause injuries on head, mouth, neck and feet of the injured Meena. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was arrested on 26.10.2008 and is in custody since then. He further submits that there are total 14 witnesses (as per the counsel for the State there are total 13 witnesses), out of which three witnesses have been examined, who are the complainant and the injured apart from another witness who is a recovery witness. This factum could not be disputed by the counsel for the State. The trial is now fixed for 13.07.2009 and, therefore, is not likely to be completed soon. I have heard the counsel for the parties and have gone Crl. Misc. No.M-12136 of 2009 -2- through the records of the case. As is apparent, the petitioner was arrested on 26.10.2008 and is in custody for about 8 - ½ months by now. 13 witnesses, according to the counsel for the State, have to be examined, out of which three have been examined and further out of these three, two are material witnesses being the complainant and the injured. Therefore, there is no likelihood of the petitioner influencing the witnesses and the trial is not likely to be completed soon in view of the fact that another 10 witnesses are still to be examined. Keeping in view the above facts, no useful purpose would be served by further detaining the petitioner in custody. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed. The petitioner is directed to be released on bail to the satisfaction of the Trial Court/Duty Magistrate, Hisar. July 08, 2009. ( AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH) vinod JUDGE