In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Criminal Misc. No.M-2861 of 2009 Date of decision: 16.3.2009 Harjinder Singh ......Petitioner Versus State of Haryana .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.S.K.Vohra, Advocate and, Mr.Manraj Nagra, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Ashok Kumar Jindal, Asstt.A.G.Haryana. **** SABINA, J. This petition has been filed by Harjinder Singh under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of regular bail in case FIR No. 17 dated 6.2.2008, under Sections 148/ 149/ 285/ 307/ 435/ 436/ 323/ 325/ 427 of the Indian Penal Code ('IPC” for short) and Sections 25/ 54/ 59 of the Arms Act, registered at Police Station Odhan. The allegation against the petitioner is that he had inflicted injury on the right hand of Sukhdev Singh with butt of his rifle. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that so far as the allegations levelled in the FIR regarding setting the shop Criminal Misc. No.M-2861 of 2009 -2- on fire are concerned, the same were not proved and as per the report of Forensic Science Laboratory, Haryana, Madhuban, Karnal, petrol or its residues could not be detected in exhibits-1 to 5. The petitioner is in custody for the last seven months and is a young boy aged about 18-19 years. The other co-accused have already been ordered to be released on bail. Learned State counsel, on the other hand, has opposed this petition. In the present case, injured Sukhdev Singh has suffered single injury on his left forearm. Annexure P-1 is the copy of Medico Legal Report. The said injury is attributed to the petitioner. The fact that whether the said injury was inflicted with a view to make it come within the parameters of Section 307 IPC would more appropriately be gone into and considered during trial Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case and keeping in view the facts that the petitioner is in custody for the last seven months and the co-accused have already been released on bail and also the fact that the petitioner is a young boy aged about 18-19 years, this petition is allowed. The petitioner is ordered to be admitted to bail subject to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sirsa. (SABINA) JUDGE March 16, 2009 anita