CRM No. M-28238 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM No. M-28238 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 12.11.2009 Jagjit Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. ADS Sukhija, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab. Mr. Ravi Malhotra, Advocate, for the complainant. 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 452, 307, 324, 323, 148, 149 IPC at Police Station Adampur, District Jalandhar, vide FIR No.225 dated 26th November, 2008. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that the injury attracting offence under Section 307 IPC is not attributed to the petitioner, but to Gurdeep Singh, who has already been enlarged on bail in Crl. Misc. No.7343 of 2009. According to the counsel, two injuries have been attributed to the petitioner on the non-vital part of body of the complainant, one of which has been declared to be grievous. He has further submitted that the petitioner has been in custody for about two years and no useful purpose will be served by detaining the petitioner in CRM No. M-28238 of 2009 2 custody during trial. Learned counsel for the State has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that the allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case and period of incarceration already undergone by the petitioner, 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. So, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is allowed and the petitioner Jagjit Singh is directed to be released on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Jalandhar. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE November 12, 2009 'rajpal'