Criminal Misc. No. M-36447 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-36447 of 2010 Date of decision : 14.02.2011 Mustkeen ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Parminder Singh, 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. 409 dated 07.07.2010 under Sections 379 IPC and Section 136 of Electricity Act at Police Station Sadar, District Karnal. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that name of the petitioner figured in the disclosure statement of co-accused. According to learned counsel, petitioner has been in custody since 16.09.2010. He submits that investigation of the case has been completed and challan presented before the competent court of jurisdiction, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. Criminal Misc. No. M-36447 of 2010 2 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 and the fact that investigation has been completed. Heard. Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration and the fact that trial may still take long time to conclude, 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, Karnal. February 14, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE