Criminal Misc. No. M-744 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-744 of 2011 Date of decision : 14.02.2011 Madan Lal ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. D.S. Sandhu, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Arshvinder Singh, Deputy 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. 159 dated 12.10.2010 under Sections 363, 366, 376/120-B IPC at Police Station Kapurthala City, District Kapurthala. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been in custody since 12.10.2010 and there is no direct accusation of commission of rape against him. According to him, investigation of the case has been completed and trial is in progress, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious. He, however, does Criminal Misc. No. M-744 of 2011 2 not dispute the fact that investigation has been completed and charges have also been framed. Heard. Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration of the petitioner and the fact that trial may still take some time to conclude, 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, Kapurthala. February 14, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE