Crl. Misc. No. M-14096 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-14096 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 14.7.2010 Pardip Kumar ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Rajinder Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, 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 and 427 IPC at Police Station Sultanwind, District Amritsar, vide FIR No.133 dated 14th September, 2009. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in a case of accident, the investigating agency has invoked Section 304 IPC. According to him, petitioner has been in custody for last ten months and trial is still at its initial stage. He further submits that no useful purpose will be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that the allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case and Crl. Misc. No. M-14096 of 2010 2 the period of incarceration already undergone by the petitioner and the fact that the trial is at its initial stage, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose will be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the trial as the trial may take long time to conclude. Thus, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is allowed and the petitioner is directed to be released on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/ Duty Magistrate, Amritsar. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE 14.7.2010 'rajpal'