Criminal Misc.-M No. 24473 of 2011 1 IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.-M No. 24473 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: 18.11.2011 Jagminder Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ..Respondent CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Jatinder Jit Kaur, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. B.B.S. Teji, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. …… RAJESH BINDAL, J. Prayer in the present petition is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner pending trial. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is in custody since January 16, 2010. He has been falsely implicated at the behest of another person in the village as the petitioner was to contest elec- tion in the Gram Panchayat. Dead body of the alleged deceased has not been recovered till date, though it was claimed that the same was thrown in Rarra Sahib Wali Canal. No prosecution witness has been examined till date. Even the complainant is also not coming forward to get his statement recorded. Complainant as well as the deceased are migrant labourers. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted that another co-accused Jagtar Singh @ Kaka has been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 4.3.2011 passed in Criminal Misc.-M No. 27745 of 2010. On the other hand learned counsel for the State, on instructions from ASI Nachattar Singh, did not dispute the date on which the petitioner was arrested and the fact that the dead body has not been recovered and also that none of the prosecution witnesses has been examined till date. The fact Criminal Misc.-M No. 24473 of 2011 2 that the co-accused similarly placed, namely, Jagtar Singh @ Kaka has been granted bail by this Court has also not been disputed by the State counsel. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and considering the submissions made above, especially that the dead body of the deceased, on whose charge of murder the petitioner is in custody for the last one year and 10 months, has not been recovered till date and further the co-accused simi- larly placed has already been granted bail by this Court, in my opinion, the petitioner deserves concession of bail pending trial. The petitioner is di- rected to be released on furnishing of bail bonds to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Ludhiana. The petition stands disposed of. (RAJESH BINDAL) JUDGE 18.11.2011 sharmila