IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-17968 of 2009 Date of decision: September 17, 2009 Paramjit Singh -Petitioner Versus State of Haryana -Respondent Coram Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. GS Toor, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Dhir, AAG, Haryana. Rajan Gupta, J.(Oral) This is a petition praying for regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 420/120-B IPC at police station Ratia, District Sirsa vide FIR No. 62 dated 23-2-2006. Mr. Toor submits that the case is triable by the Magistrate and the petitioner has been in custody for almost two years. As such, he deserves to be enlarged on bail. Learned State counsel has, however, opposed the prayer for bail. On the instructions from SI Mehar Singh, who is present in Court, he submits that the petitioner remained a proclaimed offender for almost one year. According to him, the trial is at the stage of its culmination. Only one prosecution witness remains to be examined. Without commenting anything on merits of the case and keeping in view the fact that the trial is almost at the stage of its conclusion, no ground for enlarging the petitioner on bail is made out. The petition is, thus, dismissed. [Rajan Gupta] Judge September 17, 2009. 'ask'