IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-2646 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: April 08, 2011 Sukhwinder Singh @ Joginder Singh @ Bittu …..Petitioner versus The State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.B.S. Jaswal, Advocate for the petitioner Mr.Arshvinder Singh, DAG, Punjab .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) This is a petition under section 439 Cr.P.C. seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under sections 307/326/323/34/148/149 IPC vide FIR No.105 dated 15.5.2007 at police station Beas, District Amritsar. Pursuant to order dated March 01, 2011, learned State counsel seeks to place on record affidavit of Gurmeet Singh Chauhan, Senior Superintendent of Police, District Amritsar (Rural). He has referred to said affidavit and submits that negligence on the part of the police official in performing his duty shall not be repeated in future. According to him, departmental action has already been initiated against the official, namely, Gurnam Singh, ASI who failed to attend the court. The explanation is accepted and affidavit is taken on record. Crl.Misc.No.M-2646 of 2011 - 2 - On merits, learned State counsel (on instructions from ASI-Gurnam Singh, who is present in court) points out that material prosecution witnesses have already been examined and only formal witnesses are left who are likely to depose on 27.4.2011. According to him, trial of the case is nearing its culmination. He thus, submits that no ground for releasing the petitioner on bail is made out. In view of the fact that trial is at its fag end, no ground is made out for enlarging the petitioner on bail. Dismissed. The petitioner shall, however, be at liberty to file afresh in case trial is not concluded within a period of three months. April 08, 2011 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE 2