IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-8159 of 2009 Date of decision : 09.07.2009 Parvinder Singh @ Billa ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Raj Kumar Gupta, 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 365, 376, 382, 148, 149 IPC at police station Division No. 6, Ludhiana vide FIR No. 32 dated 03.02.2008. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is not named in the FIR and there is no allegation by the prosecutrix against him. Counsel has referred to statement of the prosecutrix recorded under Section 164 in support of his contention. Learned counsel for the State has however, opposed the grant of bail to the petitioner on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. Keeping in view that fact that trial is likely to take some time conclude, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the trial. Without 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 Crl. Misc No. M-8159 of 2009 -2- enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ludhiana. 09.07.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE