Criminal Misc. No. M-30581 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-30581 of 2010 Date of decision : 18.01.2011 Jagdeep Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. G.C. Shahpuri, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Vikas Malik, AAG Haryana. 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. 273 dated 01.05.2010 under Sections 420/406/467/468/471 & 120-B IPC at Police Station City Yamuna Nagar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been in custody since 17.05.2010. According to him, investigation of the case has been completed and challan qua the petitioner presented before the competent court of jurisdiction. He submits that trial is likely to take long time to conclude, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during its pendency. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious. He, however, does not dispute the fact that challan qua the petitioner has already been Criminal Misc. No. M-30581 of 2010 2 presented in the court though four co-accused are still absconding. Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration and the fact that case is triable by the Magistrate, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during its pendency. 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, Yamuna Nagar at Jagadhri. January 18, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE