Crl. Misc. No. M-34394 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-34394 of 2011 Date of Decision : 16th December, 2011 Jagdish Singh @ Jagga .... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr. Gurinder Singh Sandhu, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. R. S. Rawat, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Chanchal Singla, Advocate for the complainant. * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : Accused Jagdish @ Jagga has filed the instant petition for regular bail in case FIR No.65 dated 12.06.2011 under Sections 307, 323, 324, 326, 341, 506, 148, 149 of IPC, registered at Police Station Samana, District Patiala. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. According to prosecution version, petitioner and his co-accused caused injures with sharp and blunt weapons to Harjinder Singh son of the complainant. The petitioner is attributed kirpan blow to the injured resulting in linear fracture of parieto occipital bone right side. Crl. Misc. No. M-34394 of 2011 -2- The petitioner is in custody since 13.06.2011 i.e. for more than six months. Trial is likely to take time. Presently offence under Section 307 IPC has been dropped by the prosecution and instead thereof, offence under Section 326 has been substituted. It has to be seen by the Ilaqa Magistrate/Trial Court as to whether offence under Section 307 IPC is made out or not. Keeping in view aforesaid circumstances, but without meaning to express any opinion on merits of the case, the instant bail petition is allowed. Bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Patiala. 16th December, 2011 ( L. N. MITTAL ) 'raj' JUDGE