Criminal Misc. No. M-7896 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-7896 of 2011 Date of decision : 05.05.2011 Manoj ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. J.S. Hooda, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Kartar Singh, DAG 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. 214 dated 17.06.2010 under Sections 376/452 IPC and under Section 3, 33, 89 of SC/ST Act at Police Station City Palwal. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner is in custody since 17.06.2010 and the complainant has turned hostile while deposing before the trial court. This apart, prosecutrix was not able to identify the petitioner. He submits that trial is likely to take quite some time to conclude, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during its pendency. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground allegations against the petitioner are serious. Heard. Criminal Misc. No. M-7896 of 2011 2 Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration of the petitioner and the fact that trial may still take some 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, Palwal. May 05, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE