Crl. Misc. No. M-20449 of 2010 -: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-20449 of 2010 Date of decision: March 11, 2011. Tarandeep Singh ...Petitioner v. State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Shri Navkiran Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Shri V.P.S. Sidhu, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia , J. (Oral): Present petition has been filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the grant of regular bail in case FIR No.297 dated 30.10.2007 registered at Police Station Division No.5, Ludhiana, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC. Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that it is a case of magisterial trial and the petitioner is in custody since 2.10.2009. On the other hand, Counsel for the State submits that 21 witnesses have been cited but till date, no one has been examined, though the charge was framed against the petitioner on 8.11.2010. Section 437(6) Cr.P.C. reads as under:- “(6) If, in any case triable by a Magistrate, the trial of a person accused of any non-bailable offene is not concluded within a period of sixty days from the first date fixed for taking evidence in the case, such person shall, if he is in custody during the whole of the said period, be released on bail to the satisfaction of the Magistrate, unless for reasons to be recorded in writing, the Magistrate otherwise directs.” Crl. Misc. No. M-20449 of 2010 -: 2 :- The petitioner is permitted, at first instance, to file an application before the trial court to seek bail under Section 437(6) Cr.P.C. The trial court shall either consider to grant bail to the petitioner or to conclude the trial on day-to-day basis by taking the mandate of Section 437 (6) into consideration. In view of the observations made above, the petition is disposed of. [Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia] March 11, 2011. Judge kadyan