In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Criminal Misc. No.M-33569 of 2008 Date of decision: 30.4.2009 Rajinder Singh ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.APS Deol, Sr.Advocate with Ms.Manpreet Kaur, Advocatge, for the petitioner. Mr.Aman Deep Singh Rai, AAG, Punjab. Mr.Rahul Bhagwan, Advocate for the complainant. **** SABINA, J. This petition has been filed by Rajinder Singh under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of regular bail in case FIR No. 58 dated 20.4.2008, under Sections 307/34, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Budhlada, District Mansa. Prosecution story, in brief, is that petitioner Rajinder Singh gave a gandasa blow on the head of Gurcharan Singh. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that it was a case of cross-version. The petitioner had also suffered three injuries. The petitioner is in custody since 20.4.2008. Injured has Criminal Misc. No.M-33569 of 2008 -2- since been discharged from the hospital. Learned State counsel, who is assisted by ASI Gurner Singh and learned counsel for the complainant, on the other hand, has opposed this petition. Keeping in view the fact that the petitioner is in custody for more than one year and the fact that it is a case of cross-version and the injured has since been discharged from the hospital, 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. (SABINA) JUDGE April 30, 2009 anita