Criminal Misc. No. M-3072 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-3072 of 2011 Date of decision :15.03.2011 Jagjit Singh @ Jeeta ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. R.K. Girdhar, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, 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. 191 dated 01.10.2010 under Sections 306 IPC at Police Station City Muktsar. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner is in custody since 01.10.2010 and trial is still at its initial stage. He submits that from the allegations levelled in the FIR, no case of abetment to suicide is made out. 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 petitioner has been in custody for almost six months and trial is at the stage of recording prosecution evidence. Heard. Criminal Misc. No. M-3072 of 2011 2 Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration of the petitioner and the fact that trial may still take some 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, Muktsar. March 15, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE