In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Criminal Misc. No.M- 30516 of 2009 Date of decision: 20.1.2010 Raobinder Singh ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.M.S.Uppal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Amandeep Singh Rai, AAG, Punjab. Mr.Satnam Singh, complainant in person. **** SABINA, J. This petition has been filed by under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of regular bail in complaint case No. 167 dated 10.10.2003, under Sections 307/ 324/ 323/ 447/ 448/ 459/ 366/ 148/ 149/120-B and 112 of the Indian Penal Code pending before the Additional Sessions Judge (Adhoc), Fast Track Court, Mansa. The petitioner was initially allowed anticipatory bail and the said order was confirmed vide order dated 6.8.2007. The petitioner, thereafter, absented during trial on 21.3.2009 and surrendered on 10.9.2009. Since then, the petitioner is in custody. Criminal Misc. No. M- 30516 of 2009 -2- Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the evidence is yet to be recorded in this complaint case. Learned State counsel and the complainant, on the other hand, have opposed this petition. Keeping in view the fact that the petitioner is in custody since 10.9.2009, it would be just and expedient to release the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is allowed. The petitioner is ordered to be admitted to bail subject to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mansa with the condition that the petitioner shall surrender his passport before he is released on bail. (SABINA) JUDGE January 20, 2009 anita