In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Criminal Misc. No.M-1738 of 2009 Date of decision: 18.3.2009 Sher Singh ......Petitioner Versus State of Haryana .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.Ramesh Chahal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Sidharth Sarup, AAG, Haryana. **** SABINA, J. This petition has been filed by Sher Singh under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of regular bail in case FIR No. 113 dated 3.6.2008, under Sections 302/ 307/ 323/ 148/ 149 of the Indian Penal Code ('IPC' for short), registered at Police Station Tauru, District Mewat. The allegations against the petitioner are that he had given pointed blows of lathi on the chest of dead body of the father of the complainant. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is in custody since 26.6.2008 and as per the postmortem Criminal Misc. No.M-1738 of 2009 -2- report the injuries on the person of the deceased were antemortem in nature, whereas, the petitioner was alleged to have been given postmortem injuries on the person of the deceased. Learned State counsel, on the other hand, has opposed this petition. In the present case, the petitioner is in custody since 26.6.2008 and as per the allegations in the FIR, the petitioner had allegedly given pointed blows of lathi on the chest of the dead body of father of the complainant. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case and keeping in view the period of custody of the petitioner, this petition is allowed. The petitioner is ordered to be admitted to bail subject to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mewat. (SABINA) JUDGE March 18, 2009 anita