In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-27864 of 2009 ..... Date of decision:27.1.2010 Rajinder Singh .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent .... Present: Mr. D.D. Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for the respondent-State. Mr. S.S. Sandhu, Advocate for the complainant. ..... S.S. Saron, J. The petitioner seeks regular bail in a case registered against him for the offences under Section 302 and 34 Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act. Heard learned counsel for the parties. The FIR in the case has been registered on the statement of Sumandeep Singh, whose son Harjot Singh died in the incident that occurred on 18.2.2007 at about 10.15 at night. It is alleged that the petitioner fired a gun shot with a .12 bore double barrel gun on the face of Harjot Singh which hit him on the right cheek. Initially challan for the offence under Section 304 IPC was filed. Thereafter, a supplementary challan has been filed for the offence under Section 302 IPC. At present, all the prosecution witnesses have been examined and the case is now fixed for recording the statement of the accused for tomorrow i.e. 28.1.2010. Cr. Misc. No.M-27864 of 2009 [2] Keeping in view the fact that the case is now nearing completion, it would be inexpedient to grant the concession of bail at this stage. Accordingly, the criminal miscellaneous petition is dismissed. It is hoped that the learned trial Court shall conclude the trial in the case as early as possible and preferably by the end of February 2010. January 27, 2010. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*