Crl. Misc No. M-30655 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-30655 of 2009 Date of decision : 17.12.2009 Gurmukh Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Bhajan Singh Sodhi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking regular bail to the petitioner in a case registered vide FIR No. 279 dated 15.07.2009 under Sections 419/420/467/471 & 120-B IPC at Police Station Kharar, District SAS Nagar Mohali. Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that petitioner has been in custody since 09.10.2009 and the offences alleged in the FIR are triable by the Magistrate. He further submits that petitioner deserves to be enlarged on bail as trial is likely to take quite some time to conclude. Learned counsel for the State has, however, opposed the prayer for grant of bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case at this stage and taking into consideration the period of detention already suffered Crl. Misc No. M-30655 of 2009 2 by him and the fact that case is triable by Magistrate, I deem it appropriate to grant regular bail to the petitioner. Accordingly the petition is allowed and he is ordered to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate Mohali. 17.12.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE