Crl. Misc. No. M-15582 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-15582 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 19.8.2010 Narinder Singh alias Ninda ...Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. B.S. Jaswal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. A.S. Jattana, Addl. Advocate General, Punjab. 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 Sections 307, 326, 324, 323, 148, 149 IPC at Police Station Jandiala, District Amritsar, vide FIR No.181 dated 19.08.2009. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that according to medical report, injuries no.1, 2 and 3 together could have proved dangerous to life. According to him, one of these injuries i.e. injury no.3 is attributed to the petitioner. He further submits that petitioner has been in custody for almost one year now and trial is at its initial stage, 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 Crl. Misc. No. M-15582 of 2010 2 nature. He, however, does not dispute the fact that the petitioner has been in custody since 19th August, 2009 and trial is at its initial stage. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case and 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 trial as the same may still take some 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, Amritsar. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE 19.8.2010 'rajpal'