Criminal Misc. No. M-8250 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-8250 of 2011 Date of decision : 06.04.2011 Swaran Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Joginder Sharma, 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. 309 dated 15.09.2001 under Sections 7 (13) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 at Police Station Focal Point, Ludhiana. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody since 30.06.2010 and trial of the case is already in progress. He submits that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer on the ground that petitioner earlier absconded and was arrested only on 30.06.2010. He, however, submits that in case petitioner is to be enlarged on bail, the same may be subject to stringent conditions. Criminal Misc. No. M-8250 of 2011 2 Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration 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, Ludhiana. This, however, will be subject to heavy surety and/or any other condition(s) which the trial court may deem fit to impose in order to ensure that petitioner does not abscond from justice. April 06, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE