Criminal Misc. No. M-32557 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-32557 of 2010 Date of decision : 12.01.2011 Sukhdev Singh @ Shiv ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Ms. Puja Chopra, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. R.K. Nihalsinghwala, Addl. Advocate General Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner vide FIR No. 133 dated 08.03.2010 under Sections 399/402 IPC read with Section 25 of the Arms Act at Police Station Sadar Patiala. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been in custody since 08.03.2010 and case is still at the stage of recording prosecution evidence. He submits that trial is likely to take long time to conclude, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during its pendency. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. She submits that petitioner is involved in another case of similar nature. Heard. Criminal Misc. No. M-32557 of 2010 2 Keeping in view the period of incarceration of the petitioner and stage of the trial, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to grant regular bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and petitioner is ordered to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Patiala. January 12, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE