Criminal Misc. No. M-17229 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-17229 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 09.07.2010 Inderjit Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and others ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. B.S. Thind, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) Criminal Misc. No. 33567 of 2010 This is an application for placing on record true typed translated copy of FIR No. 3, dated 10.01.2009. Application is allowed as prayed for. True typed translated copy of FIR No. 3 dated 10.01.2009 is taken on record as Annexure P-5 to the main petition. Criminal Misc. No. M-17229 of 2010 This is a petition filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner vide FIR No. 3 dated 10.01.2009 under Sections 308, 325, 34 IPC at Police Station Chamkaur Sahib District Ropar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner could not appear before the trial court on 28.01.2010 as he was confined in judicial custody in some other case. According to him, the petitioner himself surrendered before the trial court in the instant case on 30.04.2010. Criminal Misc. No. M-17229 of 2010 2 Prayer for bail has been opposed by learned State counsel on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. He, however, does not dispute the fact that petitioner was in custody in some other case on 28.01.2010. He submits that though he was released on 23.02.2010, he surrendered only on 30.04.2010. I have heard learned counsel for the parties. Admittedly, the petitioner was in judicial custody in some other case (FIR No. 113 dated 05.08.2007 under Sections 323, 325, 341, 506 & 34 IPC at Police Station Morinda) on 28.01.2010 when he could not appear before the trial court. He was enlarged on bail on 23.02.2010 in that case and thereafter, he appeared before the trial court on 30.04.2010. Under the circumstances, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the trial. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to grant regular bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and petitioner is ordered to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Rupnagar. July 09, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE