In the Punjab and Haryana High Court, at Chandigarh. CRM-M- 16253 of 2011 (O&M) Decided on Aug 26,2011 Smt.Hema Kumari alias Hema Bhalla --Petitioner vs. State of Punjab --Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr.JBS Gill, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.A.S.Rai,DAG Punjab. Rakesh Kumar Jain,J:(Oral) This is a petition for regular bail pending trial under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short,'Cr.P.C.') in a case registered vide FIR No.36 dated 01.09.2007, under Sections 302/201/34 IPC, at Police Station Talwara, District Hoshiarpur. It is a case of double murder of Gurpal Singh and Tejinder Singh and all the four accused are in custody. The dead body of Tejinder Singh was recovered from the canal and of Gurpal Singh from a distance of 10 kilometer near the canal. None of the accused has been released on bail so far. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that she is in custody since 02.9.2007 and out of 32 witnesses only 16 witnesses have been examined. He has argued that the petitioner has been kept in custody only on the basis of a recovery and the trial is not making any headway, though the accused has a right of speedy trial. Learned counsel for the State has submitted that it is a CRM-M- 16253 of 2011 (O&M) -2- gruesome murder of two persons in which they are being prosecuted on the basis of circumstantial evidence and the trial is making headway because out of 32 witnesses, 16 witnesses have already been examined. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that at least, this Court may direct the trial Court to complete the trial as early as possible so that incarceration of the petitioner in custody would not continue for any indefinite period. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner because out of 32 witnesses, 16 witnesses have been examined but as the accused are in custody, I deem it fit to direct the trial Court to complete the trial as early as possible, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this Court by giving short adjournments. With the aforesaid direction, this petition stands disposed of. August 26,2011 (Rakesh Kumar Jain) RR Judge