Criminal Misc. No. M-489 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-489 of 2011 Date of decision : 09.03.2011 Ram Bhagat ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Dinesh Arora, Advocate for the petitioner. 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 petitioner vide FIR No. 347 dated 13.08.2010 under Sections 323, 326, 307 & 34 IPC at Police Station Sadar, Bahadurgarh. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner is in custody since 18.08.2010. According to him, investigation of the case has been completed and trial is already in progress, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of trial. Learned State counsel has, however, opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious. He, however, does not dispute the fact that trial of the case is already in progress. Criminal Misc. No. M-489 of 2011 2 Heard. Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration and the fact that trial may still take long time to conclude, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. 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, Jhajjar. March 09, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE