Crl. Misc. No. M-18269 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-18269 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 22.7.2010 Jagjit Singh alias Bawa ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. R.P. Dhir, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajan Gupta, J. (oral) This is a petition under Section 439 Cr.P.C. seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 307, 336, 506, 427, 148/149 IPC and 25/27/54/59 Arms Act at Police Station Chabbewal, District Hoshiarpur, vide FIR No.13 dated 27th April, 2010. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no injury has been attributed to the petitioner in the alleged occurrence. Only allegation is that he fired shots in the air. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner fully cooperated with the investigating agency during investigation. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that the allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. He, however, does not dispute the fact that petitioner only fired shots in the air from his Double Barrel gun. Crl. Misc. No. M-18269 of 2010 2 Keeping in view the aforesaid circumstances and the fact that petitioner has been in custody since 27th April, 2010, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose will be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the trial as the trial may take long time to conclude. Thus, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is allowed and the petitioner is directed to be released on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/ Duty Magistrate, Hoshiarpur. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE 22.7.2010 'rajpal'