Criminal Misc. No. M-35768 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-35768 of 2010 Date of decision : 09.02.2011 Manjit Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. D.S. Pheruman, 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. 9 dated 09.01.2010 under Sections 376, 506 IPC at Police Station City Gurdaspur. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody since 05.02.2010 and material witnesses of the prosecution have already been examined, 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 period of incarceration of the petitioner and the fact that material witnesses have already been examined. Heard. Criminal Misc. No. M-35768 of 2010 2 Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of 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 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, Gurdaspur. February 09, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE