Criminal Misc. No. M-32872 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-32872 of 2010 Date of decision : 01.12.2010 Raj Kumar ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Sandeep Katoch, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Shalini Atri, DAG Haryana. 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. 541 dated 03.12.2009 under Sections 379 IPC and Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 & 120-B IPC added later on at Police Station Sector 5, Panchkula. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been in custody since 28.06.2010 and case is triable by the Magistrate. According to him, investigation of the case has already been completed and challan presented before the competent court of jurisdiction. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that petitioner is involved in another case of similar nature. She, however, does not dispute the fact that investigation of the case has been completed and challan has been presented. I have heard learned counsel for the parties. Criminal Misc. No. M-32872 of 2010 2 Keeping in view the contentions aforesaid, period of incarceration of the petitioner and the fact that case is triable by the Magistrate, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of trial. 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, Panchkula. December 01, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE