Criminal Misc. No. M-13269 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-13269 of 2011 Date of decision : 24.05.2011 Sanjeev Kumar and others ....Petitioners V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. R.S. Mamli, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Vikas Malik, AAG Haryana. 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 petitioners vide FIR No. 31 dated 17.02.2011 under Section 136 of Electricity Act and Section 379 IPC at Police Station Radaur, District Yamunanagar. Learned counsel for the petitioners contends that petitioners are in custody since 10.03.2011, investigation has been completed and challan presented before the competent court of jurisdiction. He submits that trial may take long time to conclude, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioners in custody during its pendency. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioners are serious. He, however, does not dispute the factum of completion of investigation and challan presented before the competent court of jurisdiction. Criminal Misc. No. M-13269 of 2011 2 Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration of the petitioners and the fact that investigation of the case has been completed, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioners in custody any longer. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to grant regular bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and petitioners are ordered to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Yamunanagar at Jagadhri. May 24, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE