Criminal Misc. No. M-698 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-698 of 2011 Date of decision : 05.04.2011 Jagtar Singh @ Bagga ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. G.S. Punia, 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. 56 dated 05.06.2008 under Sections 302/307/324/323/452/506/201/148/149/326 IPC and Section 27 of the Arms Act at Police Station Bhadson, District Patiala. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner has been in custody since June, 2008 and trial has hardly made any progress. According to him, petitioner is entitled to bail on this ground. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail. He submits that petitioner fired gun shots one of which hit on the thigh of Gurmail Singh-complainant and another one hit on the stomach of the injured witness-Balkar Singh. According to him, in the occurrence two persons namely Chamkaur Singh and Gurcharan Singh had died due to gun Criminal Misc. No. M-698 of 2011 2 shots fired by the petitioner. He, on instructions from ASI Ranjit Singh, who is present in court, submits that six prosecution witnesses have already been examined and three have given up. In view of nature of allegations levelled against the petitioner, I am of the considered view that he is entitled to concession of bail. Dismissed. However, in case trial is not concluded within a period of six months, the petitioner shall be at liberty to file afresh. April 05, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE