Crl. Misc. No. M – 15367 of 2010(O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -.- Crl. Misc. No. M – 15367 of 2010(O&M) Date of decision:- 24.5.2010 Jaspreet Singh @ Jassa ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ... Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Present:- Mr. S.S.Rangi, Advocate, for the petitioner. Gurdev Singh, J (oral) Heard. The petitioner – Jaspreet Singh @ Jassa has filed this petition under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the grant of regular bail for the offences under Sections 302, 307/34, 452 and 120-B IPC in respect of which FIR No. 124 dated 15.5.2009 was registered in Police Station Sadar Khanna, Ludhiana and for which he is standing his trial before the Additional Sessions Judge, Ludhiana. This FIR was got registered by Harbans Kaur – wife of the deceased, in which she specifically narrated that two boys, including the present petitioner, criminally trespassed into her house and gone to the room of the deceased and had started beating him with the help of iron rods. During the investigation direct evidence was recorded against the present petitioner. This petition has been pressed by learned counsel for the petitioner on the ground that the petitioner is coming in custody since 10.6.2009 and that the trial is not in progress and also on the ground that the Crl. Misc. No. M – 15367 of 2010(O&M) -2- complainant at the time of her medical examination never disclosed the name of the petitioner as one of the assailants and had disclosed that she was caused injuries by unknown persons. Mere delay in the trial cannot be made a ground for extending the benefit of bail to the petitioner, when he is accused of such like offence. The fact of non-mentioning of his name by the complainant at the time of her medical examination will be seen at the time of the trial. Keeping in view the gravity of the offences and the circumstances in which those were committed, no ground is made out for bail. The petition is disposed of accordingly. May 24, 2010 (Gurdev Singh) tripti Judge