IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-1804 of 2009 Date of decision : 09.10.2009 Riasat Ali ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Sukh Pal Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Jaswinder Singh DAG Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 451, 324, 323 IPC at Police Station Basti Jodhewal, District Ludhiana vide FIR No. 310 dated 18.06.2003. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been in custody since 29.04.2009 due to the fact that he was declared a proclaimed offender. According to the counsel, all the offences alleged in the FIR are bailable. Learned counsel further submits that petitioner shall furnish an undertaking before the trial court that he shall not default in appearance on any date in future during the pendency of the trial. Learned counsel for the State on the other hand opposed the prayer for grant of bail on the ground that petitioner is a proclaimed offender. He, however, does not dispute the fact that all the offences alleged in the FIR are bailable. Keeping in view the fact that petitioner has been in custody since 29.04.2009 and the fact that trial may take some time to conclude and Crl. Misc No. M-1804 of 2009 -2- 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 directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing heavy surety to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate Ludhiana. 09.10.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE