IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-7744 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: April 18, 2011 Resham Singh ….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab … Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH 1. Whether reporters of local news papers may be Allowed to see judgment? 2. To be referred to reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr. Sandeep Wadhawan, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Bhawna Gupta, DAG, Punjab, for the respondent-State. Alok Singh, J. (Oral) This is a petition seeking regular bail in case FIR No. 94, dated 09.09.2010, under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Srihargobindpur, District Gurdaspur. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that offence is triable by the Magistrate and petitioner is in judicial custody w.e.f. 06.10.2010. He has vehemently Crl. Misc. No.M-7744 of 2011 argued, while placing reliance on the judgment of the Hon’ble Apex Court in the matter of State of Kerala vs. Raneef reported in 2011 (1) R.C.R. (Criminal) 381, that if there is inordinate delay in the trial, then keeping in mind that period spent in the jail during the pendency of the trial cannot be restored to the accused-petitioner, if accused- petitioner is ultimately acquitted by the Trial Court, accused-petitioner must be enlarged on bail. Ms. Bhawna Gupta, learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, has very fairly stated that in the present case, charges have not been framed as yet. Considering the totality of the facts and circumstances of the case, present petition is allowed. Let, petitioner be released on bail to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court. April 18, 2011 ( Alok Singh ) vkd Judge 2