CRM No. M 11897 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -- CRM No. M 11897 of 2010 Date of decision: 26.04.2010 Sat Pal alias Satta ........ Petitioner Versus State of Haryana .......Respondent(s) Coram: Hon'ble Ms Justice Nirmaljit Kaur -.- Present: Mr. Namit Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner -.- 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest? Nirmaljit Kaur, J. (Oral) This is a petition under Section 439 Cr.P.C. for grant of bail in case FIR No. 143 dated 03.06.2007 under Sections 302, 323, 34 of IPC, Police Station Matlauda, District Panipat. It is contended by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the only role attributed to the petitioner is that he caught-hold of the deceased while the other co-accused inflicted lathi blows and that the offence under under Sections 302, 323, 34 of the Indian Penal Code are not made out against the petitioner. It is also submitted that the petitioner is in custody since 26.04.2007. Heard. Out of total of 13 prosecution witnesses, four witnesses have CRM No. M 11897 of 2010 2 already been examined till date. The case is fixed for further evidence. Taking into account the allegations in the FIR and the fact that the prosecution evidence is being recorded, there is no ground to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the present petition is dismissed. However, the trial Court is directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same as expeditiously as possible. (Nirmaljit Kaur) Judge April 26, 2010 mohan