Crl. Misc. No. M-34147 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-34147 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 6.12.2010 Pankaj Kumar ...Petitioner Versus The State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Aashish Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Shalini Attri, DAG Haryana. Rajan Gupta, J. (oral) This is a petition under Section 439 Cr.P.C. seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Section 420 IPC at Police Station Sadar, Kaithal, District Kaithal, vide FIR No.168 dated 6th August, 2010. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been in custody since 16th September, 2010 and investigation of the case has already been completed, thus, no useful purpose will be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that the allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. He, however, does not dispute the fact that investigation has been completed and challan presented before the competent court of jurisdiction. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case and Crl. Misc. No. M-34147 of 2010 2 the period of incarceration already undergone by the petitioner, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose will be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the trial as the trial may take long time to conclude. Thus, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is allowed and the petitioner is directed to be released on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/ Duty Magistrate, Kaithal. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE 6.12.2010 'rajpal'