IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-8620 of 2009 Date of decision : 29.05.2009 Paramjit Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Shivoy Dhir, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition for regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Section 420 IPC at police station Mallanwala, District Ferozepur vide FIR No. 18 dated 07.02.2009. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that according to the FIR money was paid to the accused-petitioner through Mahinder Singh and said Mahinder Singh has been found innocent by investigating agency. According to the counsel, petitioner has already undergone incarceration since 09.02.2009, he thus, deserves to be enlarged on bail as trial is likely to take quite some time to conclude. Learned counsel for the State, on the other hand, has opposed the grant of bail to the petitioner on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature and even the Visa, alleged to have been obtained for sending abroad the son of the complainant was also found to be fake. I have heard counsel for the parties. Crl. Misc No. M-8620 of 2009 -2- However, keeping in view the fact that the case is triable by the Magistrate and petitioner has been in incarceration since 09.02.2009 and the fact that trial is its initial stage at present, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the trial. 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 he is ordered to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ferozepur. 29.05.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE