Criminal Misc. No. M-20318 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-20318 of 2010 Date of decision : 29.07.2010 Kuldip Passi and another ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Deepak Sabherwal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Kirat Singh Sidhu, DAG 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 petitioners vide FIR No. 82 dated 11.06.2010 under Sections 419/420/467/468/471 & 120-B IPC and Section 70 of the Information Technology Act at Police Station City Kapurthala. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have been in custody since 11.06.2010 and the case is triable by the Magistrate, thus, no useful purpose would be served by incarcerating the petitioner any longer. Prayer for bail has been opposed by learned State counsel on the ground that allegations against the petitioners are serious in nature. He, however, does not dispute the fact that petitioners have joined the investigation and are at present in judicial custody. Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions and the period of Criminal Misc. No. M-20318 of 2010 2 incarceration already undergone by the petitioners, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioners in custody any longer. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to grant regular bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and petitioners are ordered to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Kapurthala. July 29, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE