IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-2969 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: April 28, 2011 Darshan Singh …..Petitioner versus State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.A.S. Cheema, Advocate for the petitioner Mr.Shilesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) This is a petition under section 439 Cr.P.C. seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under sections 304-B/307,323/498-A/120-B IPC vide FIR No.75 dated 30.3.2010 at police station City Mansa. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that neither in the FIR nor in the disclosure statement any direct role is attributed to petitioner. He submits that petitioner is in custody since 17.7.2010 and material witnesses have already been examined. He thus, submits that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner during the pendency of trial. 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 period of incarceration of the petitioner. Crl.Misc.No.M-2969 of 2011 - 2 - Keeping in view that petitioner is in custody since 17.7.2010 and trial may still take some time to conclude, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner during the pendency of trial. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to grant regular bail to the petitioner. Bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Mansa. Disposed of. April 28, 2011 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE