Criminal Misc. No. M-4285 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-4285 of 2011 Date of decision : 10.03.2011 Bhim Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. M.S. Chauhan, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Vikas Malik, AAG Haryana. 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. 16 dated 11.01.2011 under Sections 419/420/467/468/471/120-B IPC at Police Station City, Sonepat. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that investigation of the case has been completed and challan presented before the competent court of jurisdiction. He submits that petitioner has been in custody since 13.01.2011, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody 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 fact that investigation has been completed and trial is in progress. Criminal Misc. No. M-4285 of 2011 2 Heard. Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration of the petitioner and the fact that case is triable by Magistrate, 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, Sonepat. March 10, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE