Criminal Misc. No. M-32263 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-32263 of 2010 Date of decision : 30.11.2010 Bhupinder Singh @ Sonu ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Kamaldeep Singh Sodhi, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. R.K. Nihalsinghwala, Addl. Advocate General Punjab. 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. 28 dated 10.03.2010 under Sections 307, 341, 324, 323, 148 & 149 IPC at Police Station Sadar, Phagwara. Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that investigation of the case has already been completed and challan presented before the competent court of jurisdiction. He submits that petitioner has been in custody for the last about 8 months and no useful purpose would be served by detaining him any further. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that the main injury which is declared dangerous to life is attributed to the petitioner. I have heard learned counsel for the parties. Criminal Misc. No. M-32263 of 2010 2 It appears that petitioner has been in custody since 18.03.2010 and trial of the case may still take long time to conclude. Under the circumstances, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of trial. 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, Kapurthala. November 30, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE