Criminal Misc. No. M-13048 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-13048 of 2011 Date of decision : 19.05.2011 Kulwant Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. P.S. Guliani, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. 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. 204 dated 01.12.2010 under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 & 120-B IPC at Police Station Division No. 6, Industrial Area, Ludhiana. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner is in custody since 11.04.2011. According to him, only allegation against the petitioner is that he wrongly identified the person who impersonated as Kamaljit Kaur. He submits that case is triable by Magistrate and trial may take long time to conclude, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious. Criminal Misc. No. M-13048 of 2011 2 Heard. 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, Ludhiana. May 19, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE