CRM No. M-18555 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM No. M-18555 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 5.9.2009 Mandeep Puri @ Monu ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Hemant Saini, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab for the respondent-State. Rajan Gupta, J. This is a petition for regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 382, 506 read with section 34 IPC at Police Station Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana, vide FIR No.86 dated 13th June, 2009. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the case is triable by the Magistrate and the petitioner has been in custody for almost three months now. According to the counsel, the investigation of the case has been completed and challan has been presented before the competent court. Learned counsel for the State has opposed the bail on the ground that the allegations against the petitioner are serious. Keeping in view the period of incarceration undergone by the petitioner and the facts and circumstances of the case, no useful purpose will be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the CRM No. M-18555 of 2009 2 pendency of the trial as the trial may take long time to conclude. So, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is allowed and the petitioner is directed to be released on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Ludhiana. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE September 05, 2009 'rajpal'