Criminal Misc. No. M-4894 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-4894 of 2011 Date of decision : 05.04.2011 Ajit Singh @ Jeet Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Sudhir Paruthi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) 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. 224 dated 08.11.2009 under Sections 419, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 & 120-B IPC at Police Station Shahkot, District Jalandhar. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner is in custody since 05.01.2011. According to him, investigation of the case has been completed and case is triable by Magistrate thus no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of trial. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious and he remained a proclaimed offender. He, however, submits that in case petitioner is to be enlarged on bail, the same should be subject to stringent conditions. Criminal Misc. No. M-4894 of 2011 2 Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration of the petitioner and the fact that case is triable by Magistrate, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. 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, Jalandhar. This, however, will be subject to heavy surety and/or any other condition(s) which the trial court may deem fit to impose in view of the fact that petitioner absconded earlier. April 05, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE