In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-2168 of 2011 ..... Date of decision:30.3.2011 Rajesh .....Petitioner v. State of Haryana .....Respondent .... Present: Mr. Sushil Jain, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. H.S. Deol, Additional Advocate General, Haryana for the respondent-State. ...... S.S. Saron, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner seeks regular bail in a case registered against him on 15.5.2009 for the offences under Sections 307 and 34 IPC; besides, Section 25 of the Arms Act. The FIR in the case has been registered on the statement of Suresh Kumar. It is alleged by the complainant that on 15.5.2009 at about 5.15 p.m. he along with his son Satinder-injured went from their house for purchasing household articles. At 5.30 p.m. when they reached near Arre Wali Gali near Devru road, then Satinder-injured, son of the complainant was about 20 steps ahead of him. At that time, from Devru road a motorcycle came from behind them. On the said motorcycle, Rajesh (petitioner) was sitting behind the driver. The motorcycle stopped near the Cr. Misc. No.M-2168 of 2011 [2] son of the complainant and Rajesh after getting down fired a shot in the stomach of the son of the complainant. Thereafter, both of them i.e. the person driving the motorcycle and the petitioner fled away on the motorcycle. The complainant could identify the other boy if he was brought before him. The complainant came to know that during the day there was a quarrel between Rajesh and his son. By nursing a grudge, Rajesh along with the said boy entering into a conspiracy fired a shot which hit on the right side of the stomach of Satender. Regarding the previous enmity and about the other boy his son could inform. He was being operated upon by the doctors in the Trauma Centre. The allegations against the petitioner are that he fired a shot in the stomach of Satender, son of the complainant. The petitioner was arrested on 11.6.2009 and since then he is in custody. The challan in the case has been filed on 31.8.2009. Out of 17 prosecution witnesses cited by the prosecution, four PWs have been examined. The co-accused of the petitioner, namely, Anand alias Shankar, who was driving the motorcycle, has been arrested. The trial in the case is likely to take time. The petitioner is in custody for more than one year. The injured-Satinder was discharged from the hospital after one month of the incident. The prosecution is to establish and prove its case against the petitioner. Keeping in view the fact that the petitioner is in custody since 11.6.2009 and the trial in the case has not made much progress, it would be just and expedient that the petitioner is admitted to bail. Cr. Misc. No.M-2168 of 2011 [3] Accordingly, the petitioner on his furnishing personal bond and surety to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sonepat shall be admitted to bail. The criminal miscellaneous petition stands disposed of. March 30, 2011. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*