IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-15881 of 2009 Date of decision : 09.07.2009 Maghar Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Suveer Sheokand, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Section 306/34 IPC at police station GRP, Ludhiana, District Ludhiana vide FIR No. 111 dated 04.09.2008. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been in custody since 05.09.2008 and trial is still at its initial stage. According to the counsel, co-accused of the petitioner has been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 28.05.2009 in Crl. Misc. No. M-11419 of 2009. Counsel further submits that no case for abetment to suicide is made out. Learned counsel for the State has, however, opposed the grant of bail to the petitioner on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case and taking into consideration the period of detention already suffered by him and the fact that trial may take some time to conclude, I am of the Crl. Misc No. M-15881 of 2009 -2- considered view that petitioner deserves to be released on bail especially when the co-accused of the petitioner have already been granted similar relief. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail to the satisfaction Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ludhiana. 09.07.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE