CRM No.M-30216 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:-9.11.2010 Balkar Singh son of Jasmer Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MEHINDER SINGH SULLAR Present:- Mr.Gopal Singh Nahel, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. M ehinder S ingh S ullar , J . (Oral) Invoking the provisions of section 439 Cr.PC. petitioner Balkar Singh son of Jasmer Singh, has filed the present petition for regular bail in a case registered against him, vide FIR No.119 dated 24.8.2010, on accusation of having committed the offences punishable under sections 323, 341, 354, 506, 376 and 511 IPC, by the police of Police Station Moonak, Distt.Sangrur. 2. Notice of the petition was issued to the State. 3. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, after going through the record with their valuable help and after bestowal of thoughts over the entire matter, to my mind, the present petition deserves to be accepted in this context. 4. What is not disputed here is that the prosecution claimed that on 22.8.2010 at about 8.30 P.M., when the complainant was attending the telephone call of her fiance on the roof of her house, in the meantime, the petitioner outraged her modesty and tried to commit rape, but she escaped from his clutches. The prosecutrix is stated to be of 23 years of age. The petitioner was arrested on 29.8.2010 and since then he is in judicial custody. No useful purpose would be served for further detaining him in jail. Moreover, there is no history of previous CRM No.M-30216 of 2010 2 involvement of the petitioner in any criminal case. As the charges have not yet been framed against the petitioner, therefore, the conclusion of trial will naturally take long time. 5. So, taking into consideration the totality of the facts and circumstances, emanating from the record, as indicated here-in-above, to me, the present petitioner is entitled to regular bail in the obtaining circumstances of the present case. 6. In the light of the aforesaid reasons and without commenting further anything on merits, lest it may prejudice the case of either side during the course of the trial of the case, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail and surety bonds to the satisfaction of trial Court. 7. The instant petition is disposed of accordingly. 9.11.2010 (Mehinder Singh Sullar) AS Judge