Criminal Misc. No. M-34357 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-34357 of 2010 Date of decision : 04.03.2011 Manjit Kaur ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. S.S. Rana, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy 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. 162 dated 17.08.2010 under Sections 303/366/376 IPC at Police Station Raikot, Ludhiana. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner has been in custody since 08.09.2010 and only allegation against her is that prosecutrix along with co-accused Harvinder Singh stayed in her house for one night. He submits that trial may still take long time to conclude, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during its pendency. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious. He, however, does Criminal Misc. No. M-34357 of 2010 2 not dispute the fact that investigation has been completed and trial is in progress. Heard. Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration of the petitioner and the fact that trial may still take some time to conclude, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. 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, Ludhiana. March 04, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE