Criminal Misc. No. M-160 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-160 of 2011 Date of decision : 31.01.2011 Kuldip Joshi ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. S.S. Grewal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Arshvinder Singh, 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. 258 dated 03.12.2010 under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468 & 471 IPC at Police Station Civil Lines, Patiala. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been in custody for the last about two months. According to him, investigation of the case has been completed and thus no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of trial. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. He, however, does not dispute the fact that investigation has been completed. Criminal Misc. No. M-160 of 2011 2 According to him, challan is likely to be submitted before the competent court of jurisdiction shortly. Heard. Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration of the petitioner and the fact that trial may still take long time to conclude, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to grant regular bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and petitioner is ordered to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Patiala. January 31, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE