IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-4127 of 2010 Date of decision : 26.3.2010 Paramjit Singh @ Pamma …. Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …. Respondent Present: Mr. Vipin Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. VPS Sidhu, AAG, Punjab. **** S.S. SARON, J. Heard counsel for the parties. The petitioner seeks regular bail in a case registered against him for the offences under Sections 452, 376 and 511 IPC. The prosecutrix in the case has been alleged that around 9.00 p.m. she was watching TV in her room. She heard a noise in the verandah and when she looked outside, she saw the petitioner had come to the house of the prosecutrix after scaling the wall. He caught hold of the prosecutrix with an intention to have sex with her. In the meantime, she raised a hue and cry and her husband asked her to open the door. On hearing this, the petitioner ran away after scaling the wall. The case is one of attempt to rape. The petitioner in the case was arrested on 30.9.2009 and since then he is in custody. The charges in the case was framed on 21.1.2010 and till date, no PW has Crl. Misc. No. M-4127 of 2010 [2] been examined. The prosecution has cited seven witnesses. The trial in the case is likely to take time. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that 14 days earlier to the alleged incident, father of the petitioner had died and he was busy in performing the last rites ceremony of his late father. Keeping in view the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the petitioner on his furnishing person bond and surety to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gurdaspur shall be admitted to bail. (S.S. SARON) JUDGE March 26, 2010 amit