Criminal Misc. No. M-36808 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-36808 of 2009 Date of decision : 19.07.2010 Amandeep Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Vipin Mahajan, 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. 54 dated 01.10.2009 under Sections 302, 341, 324, 148 & 149 IPC at Police Station Narot Jaimal Singh, Pathankot. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that no injury has been attributed to the petitioner in the occurrence. Only role attributed to the petitioner is that he was a part of unlawful assembly and armed with gandasi. According to learned counsel, the petitioner has been in custody since September, 2009 and trial is still at its initial stage, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of same. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. However, keeping in view the aforesaid contentions and the Criminal Misc. No. M-36808 of 2009 2 fact that petitioner has been in custody since September, 2009 and trial is still at its initial stage, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the trial. 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, Gurdaspur. July 19, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE