Criminal Misc. No. M-11675 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-11675 of 2010 Date of decision : 19.07.2010 Gindhi ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. G.S. Lalli, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, 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. 181 dated 19.08.2009 under Sections 307/326/324/148/149 IPC at Police Station Jandiala, District Amritsar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that injury attracting offence under Section 307 IPC is not attributed to the petitioner. According to him, the petitioner has been in custody for almost one year now and trial is still at its initial stage, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of trial. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. He, however, does not dispute the fact that petitioner has been in custody since September, 2009 and trial is still at its initial stage. Keeping in view the fact that petitioner has been custody since Criminal Misc. No. M-11675 of 2010 2 September, 2009 and trial is still at its initial stage, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the 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, Amritsar. July 19, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE