Criminal Misc. No. M-2546 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-2546 of 2011 Date of decision : 28.02.2011 Bhola Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. PKS Phoolka, 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. 141 dated 22.09.2010 under Sections 420/465/467/468/471 IPC at Police Station Nathana, District Bathinda. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been in custody since 24.09.2010 and case is triable by Magistrate. According to him, investigation of the case has been completed and thus no useful purpose would be served by detaning the petitioner in custody any longer. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious. He, however, does not dispute the fact that investigation has been completed and trial is in progress. Criminal Misc. No. M-2546 of 2011 2 Heard. Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration of the petitioner and the fact that case is triable by Magistrate, 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, Bathinda. February 28, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE