Crl. Misc. No. M-35861 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-35861 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 2.2.2011 Manjit Kaur ...Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Dhirinder Chopra, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. 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 420 and 406 IPC at Police Station Sadar Rajpura, District Patiala, vide FIR No.171 dated 3rd July, 2010. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody for about seven months and trial is still at its initial stage. According to him, the case is triable by Magistrate. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that the allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. He, however, does not dispute the fact that the investigation has been completed and trial is already in progress. Heard. Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions and the period of incarceration of the petitioner, I am of the considered view that no Crl. Misc. No. M-35861 of 2010 2 useful purpose will be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. The trial may take long time to conclude. Thus, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is allowed and the petitioner is directed to be released on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/ Duty Magistrate, Patiala. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE 2.2.2011 'rajpal'