Criminal Misc. No. M-29082 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-29082 of 2010 Date of decision : 12.01.2011 Raju and another ....Petitioners V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. J.S. Saneta, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Vikas Malik, AAG Haryana. 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 petitioners vide FIR No. 468 dated 30.08.2010 under Sections 457 & 380 IPC at Police Station Sector -7, Faridabad. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have been in custody since 31.08.2010 and trial is still at the stage of recording prosecution evidence. He submits that trial is likely to take long time to conclude, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioners in custody during its pendency. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioners are serious in nature. Heard. Keeping in view the period of incarceration and the fact that trial may still take some time to conclude, I am of the considered view that Criminal Misc. No. M-29082 of 2010 2 no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during its pendency. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to grant regular bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and petitioners are ordered to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Faridabad. January 12, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE