CRM No. M-26124 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM No. M-26124 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 24.12.2009 Harmesh Lal ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. JBS Gill, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. S.S. Gill, 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, 498-A, 120-B IPC at Police Station Hariana, District Hoshiarpur, vide FIR No.62 dated 4th April, 2002. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that the petitioner was not in the country when his wife died allegedly by consuming poison. According to the counsel, in the meanwhile, co-accused were acquitted by the trial court as no poison was found in the viscera of the deceased. Learned counsel submits that the petitioner has surrendered before the trial court on 4th May, 2009 and is in custody since then. Learned counsel for the State has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious. CRM No. M-26124 of 2009 2 Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case and the period of incarceration already undergone by the petitioner and the fact that the trial is in progress, 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. So, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is allowed and the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing an undertaking that he shall not absent from the proceedings on any date in future and on furnishing adequate security that he will not escape from the process of law, to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/trial Court, Hoshiarpur. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE December 24, 2009 'rajpal'