In the Punjab and Haryana High Court, at Chandigarh. CRM-M- 20419 of 2011 (O&M) Decided on Sept 01,2011 Gursharanjit Singh alias Gulshan alias Gusha -- Petitioner vs. State of Punjab --Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mrs.G.K.Mann Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.A.S.Rai, DAG,Punjab Mr.Vipin Mahajan,Advocate,for the complainant Rakesh Kumar Jain,J:(Oral) This is a petition for regular bail pending trial under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short,'Cr.P.C.') in a case registered vide FIR No. 16 dated 26.3.2009, under Sections 302,307,326,324, 323,382,427,120-B IPC, at Police Station Fatehgarh Churian, District Gurdaspur. It is submitted that the petitioner is in custody from 8.4.2009 and has allegedly caused three simple and one grievous injury to the witness Inderjit Singh but no injury to the deceased Avtar Singh. She further submits that he is neither a previous convict nor any other case is pending against him whereas the trial is going on at a slow pace as there are 26 witnesses in all out of whom only one witness has been examined so far. She also points out that the application filed by the prosecution under Section 319 Cr.P.C is still at the stage of consideration. Learned counsel for the State assisted by the learned counsel for the complainant submits that the petitioner is not being tried for the murder of Avtar Singh but is being tried only with the aid of Sections 148 CRM-M-20419 of 2011 (O&M) -2- and 149 IPC for causing injuries to the injured witness. It is also conceded by learned State Counsel that only one witness has been examined out of 26 witnesses. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case but without making any observations on the merit, the present petition is allowed and the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bonds to the satisfaction of the learned trial Court. Sept 01,2011 (Rakesh Kumar Jain) RR Judge