CRM No. M-9909 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM No. M-9909 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 29.5.2009 Gurpal Singh ...Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. K.S. Kahlon, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab. Rajan Gupta, J. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been in custody since 30th October, 2007. According to the counsel, the trial is likely to take considerable time to conclude. Learned counsel for the State, on the other hand, opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. However, keeping in view the fact that the case is triable by the Magistrate and the petitioner has been in incarceration for almost 01 year and 07 months and the fact that the co-accused of the petitioner has already been released on bail by this Court vide order, Annexure P-2 and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the CRM No. M-9909 of 2009 2 petitioner is directed to be released on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Nawanshahr. Disposed of. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE May 29, 2009 'rajpal'