In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-19060 of 2010 ..... Date of decision:16.8.2010 Ashwani Kumar .....Petitioner v. Union Territory, Chandigarh .....Respondent .... Present: Mr. Ramdeep Partap Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. D.D. Sharma, Standing Counsel for U.T., Chandigarh. Mr. Ashu Garg, Advocate for the complainant. ..... S.S. Saron, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner seeks regular bail in a case registered against him for the offence under Section 307 IPC. It has been alleged by the complainant Subhash Chander, Advocate that at 9.45 a.m. in the morning of 17.5.2010 the complainant was to leave for the Court and at that time the petitioner was roaming about near his car. When the complainant asked him the reason for roaming about, then he said that he wanted a lift to Chandigarh. The complainant gave a lift to the petitioner being the son of his landlord. On the way the petitioner took out a plastic half litre bottle from his front pocket and started sprinkling the petrol on the complainant; besides, he abused the complainant. After soaking the pant and shirt of the complainant with the petrol he tried to light it by igniting a match stick. The complainant immediately ran out of the car and saved himself. Then Cr. Misc. No.M-19060 of 2010 [2] the petitioner followed him with the match stick but he was saved by the people who had gathered there. Had they not saved the complainant, the petitioner would have killed him. It is alleged that the petitioner is a drug addict. The petitioner is in custody since the date of the incident i.e. 17.5.2010. The charge-report (challan) has been filed. The report from the Central Forensic Laboratory is yet to be received. The complainant admittedly did not suffer any injury in the incident and, therefore, no medical was got conducted. The prosecution is to establish its case by leading evidence. The trial in the case is likely to take time. In the circumstances, the petitioner on his furnishing personal bond and surety to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chandigarh shall be admitted to bail. The criminal miscellaneous petition stands disposed of. August 16, 2010. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*