Criminal Misc. No. M-6488 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-6488 of 2011 Date of decision : 04.05.2011 Sant Ram ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Namit Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Vikas Malik, AAG 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. 32 dated 30.01.2010 under Sections 399/402 IPC at Police Station Sadar Panipat. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner has been in custody since 30.01.2010 and case is still at the stage of recording prosecution evidence. He further submits that since material prosecution witnesses have already been examined, no useful purpose will be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that petitioner is involved in number of other similar cases, particularly theft cases. He has apprised the court that the petitioner is a local resident. Criminal Misc. No. M-6488 of 2011 2 Heard. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, period of incarceration already undergone by the petitioner and the fact that the trial is already in progress, 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, Panipat. However, keeping in view the antecedents of the petitioner, the trial court will be at liberty to impose such terms and conditions upon the petitioner as it deems fit. May 04, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE