Crl. Misc. No. M-28808 of 2010 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-28808 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: October 14, 2010 Swaran Singh ........Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent ******* CORAM : HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr. Sanjay Vashisth, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Rajni Gupta, Addl. A.G. Punjab. SABINA, J. Petitioner has filed this petition under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (in short 'Cr.P.C.') for grant of regular bail in case FIR No.16 dated 8.4.96, under Sections 457,380,427 of Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Amloh, District Fatehgarh Sahib. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that initially petitioner was granted anticipatory bail and was kept in column no.2 at the time of presentation of challan. Now the petitioner has been summoned to face the trial under Section 319 Cr.P.C. Due to inadvertence petitioner could not appear before the trial Court on few dates. Now the petitioner is in custody since 8.9.2010. Learned State counsel, on the other hand, has opposed the petition. Crl. Misc. No. M-28808 of 2010 (O&M) 2 Keeping in view the fact that now the petitioner is in custody since 8.9.2010, it would be just and expedient to release the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is allowed. Petitioner be admitted to bail subject to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Fatehgarh Sahib. (SABINA) October 14, 2010 JUDGE Anand