IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-6142 of 2009 Date of decision : 04.05.2009 Randhir Singh @ Dhira ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent. BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. S.S. Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody since 27.08.2008 and the main accused in this case namely Harnek Singh has already been enlarged on bail by this Court vide order dated 06.03.2009. According to the counsel, the only allegation against the petitioner is that he accompanied the said accused at the time of commission of crime. This fact is not disputed by the learned State counsel. Learned State counsel has further pointed out that case is at the stage of recording of prosecution evidence and seven prosecution witnesses have already been examined in this case. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case and taking into consideration the period of detention already suffered by him and the fact that trial may take some time to conclude, I am of the considered view that petitioner deserves to be released on bail especially when the main accused has already been granted similar relief. Crl. Misc No. M-6142 of 2009 -2- Accordingly, the petition is allowed and the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail to the satisfaction of trial court. 04.05.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE