Criminal Misc. No. M-4277 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-4277 of 2011 Date of decision : 01.03.2011 Beant Kaur ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. KBS Mann, 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. 47 dated 11.09.2010 under Sections 306/34 IPC at Police Station Balianwali, District Bathinda. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner is in custody since 12.09.2010 and investigation of the case has been completed. He submits that trial is likely to take quite some time, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious. He, however, does not dispute the fact that investigation has been completed and trial is in progress. Criminal Misc. No. M-4277 of 2011 2 Heard. Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions and the fact that petitioner is a lady and has been in custody since 12.09.2010 and investigation has been completed, 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, Bathinda. March 01, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE