IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-7034 of 2009. Date of Decision : July 03, 2009. Vanish Garg son of Satpal Garg, resident of House No. 1378, Sector 11-C, Faridabad. (Now confined in District Jail Gurgaon). ...... Petitioner. Versus. The State of Haryana. ..... Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH. Present:- Mr. R.S. Rai, Senior Advocate, with Ms. Meenakshi Dogra, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Dhir, A.A.G. Haryana, for the respondent-State. AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL). The present petition has been preferred under Section 439 Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of regular bail, wherein it has been contended by counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is in custody since 30.07.2007. It has further been contended that the trial before the court below, was not proceeding and during these two years, only three witnesses have been examined and now an application under Section 319 has been moved, in which the summoning has been ordered, leading to virtually putting to naught, the stage at which the trial stood initiated. He submits that the petitioner is in jail for almost two years and with the position as it stands today, the trial is not likely to conclude soon. Criminal Misc. No. M-7034 of 2009. Counsel for the respondent-State submits that there are serious allegations against the petitioner, wherein charges have been framed under Section 302 and 304 I.P.C against the petitioner. He further submits that earlier bail applications, moved by the petitioner being Crl. Misc. No. M- 53092 of 2007 was dismissed on 10.12.2007 and Crl. Misc. No. M-14214 of 2008 was dismissed as withdrawn at that stage on 18.07.2008. He submits that no fresh grounds for grant of bail is made out. I have heard counsel for the parties. In view of the fact that the petitioner is in custody since 30.07.2007 and as the stage at which trial is at present standing, it is not likely to conclude soon. Further the last bail application, which was dismissed as withdrawn at that stage, was almost a year back. In this situation, no useful purpose would be served by keeping the petitioner in custody further during the pendency of the trial. Accordingly, the petition is allowed. The petitioner be released on bail to the satisfaction of C.J.M./Duty Magistrate, Faridabad. The petition stands disposed of accordingly. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH) JUDGE July 03, 2009. sjks. -2-