Criminal Misc. No. M-17134 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-17134 of 2010 Date of decision : 10.08.2010 Ranpreet Singh @ Bittu ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Kiran Bala Jain, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Tarun Aggarwal, Sr. Deputy Advocate General, 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. 140 dated 17.03.2010 under Sections 384 IPC at Police Station Ambala Cantt. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that the petitioner has been custody since 03.05.2010 and investigation of the case has been completed, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any further. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that petitioner is involved in certain other criminal cases. He however, does not dispute the fact that investigation of the instant case has been completed and challan has been presented before the competent court of jurisdiction. Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of Criminal Misc. No. M-17134 of 2010 2 incarceration of the petitioner 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 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, Ambala. August 10, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE