IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-17796 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision: July 21, 2010 Raj Kumar alias Raju ........Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ........Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr. Vipin Mahajan, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Amandeep Singh Rai, AAG, Punjab. SABINA, J. Petitioner has filed this petition under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of regular bail in case FIR No.39 dated 23.10.2007, under Sections 363,366-A,376,120-B,34 of Indian Penal Code (in short 'IPC'), Police Station Dhar Kalan, District- Gurdaspur (offence under Sections 376,120-B and 34 IPC were added later on). Heard. The prosecution case is that the petitioner and his co-accused had committed rape on the person of the prosecutrix. Keeping in view the fact that the allegations levelled against the petitioner are serious in nature, no ground for grant of bail to the petitioner is made out. Dismissed. However, keeping in view the fact that the petitioner is in custody for the last two years and seven months, the trial Court is directed to dispose of the trial expeditiously preferably within six months from today. (SABINA) July 21, 2010 JUDGE Anand