Crl. Misc. No. M-20496 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-20496 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 16.8.2010 Gurjinder Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Sunil Chadha, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, 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 307, 341, 323, 324, 148 and 149 IPC and Section 326 IPC (added later on) at Police Station Sadar Phagwara, District Kapurthala, vide FIR No.28 dated 10th March, 2010. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that the injury attracting offence under Section 307 IPC is attributed to Bhupinder Singh alias Sonu alias Timpa. The petitioner has been attributed a Khanda blow on non-vital part of the body i.e. right knee. He submits that the investigating agency has already presented challan and petitioner is in custody since 18th March, 2010. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that the allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. He, however, does not dispute the fact that investigation of the Crl. Misc. No. M-20496 of 2010 2 case has been completed and challan presented before the competent court of jurisdiction. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case and the period of incarceration already undergone by the petitioner, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose will be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the trial as the trial may take long time to conclude. Thus, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is allowed and the petitioner is directed to be released on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/ Duty Magistrate, Kapurthala. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE 16.8.2010 'rajpal'