IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-6386 of 2009 Date of decision : 23.04.2009 Sunil ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent. BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Ajay Pal Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Tarun Aggarwal, Sr. DAG Haryana. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition for regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Section 363/366 IPC at police station City, Panipat vide FIR No. 670 dated 10.09.2008. Counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has already undergone incarceration for almost 8 months. Counsel further submits that trial is likely to take quite some time to conclude and no useful purpose would be served by keeping the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the trial. Learned counsel also points out that co-accused namely Geeta has already been granted the concession of bail by Additional Sessions Judge, Panipat vide order dated 29.01.2009. Learned counsel for the State has opposed the grant of bail to the petitioner on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. However, he has submitted that trial of the case is going on and 3 PW's have already been examined and next date before the trial court is 27.07.2009. Crl. Misc No. M-6386 of 2009 -2- Keeping in view the fact that petitioner has already undergone incarceration for almost 8 months, I am of the considered view that petitioner deserves to be enlarged on bail. Since trial will take some time to conclude, no useful purpose would be served by keeping the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the trial. This apart, petitioner being local resident, the chances of his escaping from the process of law appear to be remote. Bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Panipat. 23.04.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE