IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-10321 of 2009 Date of decision : 21.05.2009 Navdeep Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. N.S. Dhandiwal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition for regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 452/324/323/326/506/148/149 IPC and 25/54/59 of the Arms Act at police station Badhni Kalan, District Moga vide FIR No. 74 dated 25.07.2008. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that only role attributed to the petitioner is a 'Khanda' blow on the left side of the head of the complainant which is stated to be simple in nature. Learned counsel has drawn the attention of this Court to the fact that all other accused have been granted the concession of anticipatory bail by this Court. Learned counsel further submits that petitioner has already undergone incarceration since 18.03.2009 and to incarcerate the petitioner indefinitely would not advance the course of justice in any manner. Learned counsel for the State has however, opposed the grant of bail to the petitioner on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. Crl. Misc No. M-10321 of 2009 -2- 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 co-accused of the petitioner have already been granted similar relief. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Moga. 21.05.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE