IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-24391 of 2008 Date of decision : 04.03.2009 Baldev Singh and another ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent. BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. S.K. Laddi, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) Prayer in this petition is for grant of regular bail to the petitioners in case FIR No. 34 dated 28.5.2008 registered under Sections 307/323/324/148/149 IPC at police station Mehal Kalan, district Barnala during the pendency of the trial. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner No. 1 namely Baldev Singh is alleged to have caused injury by iron rod on right flank of the complainant and petitioner No. 2 namely Hardeep Singh is said to have caused two blows of rod on the right leg of the complainant. Counsel submits that both the injuries are simple in nature. According to the counsel, the accused namely Buta Singh who is said to have caused an injury leading to offence under Section 307 IPC has already been enlarged on regular bail by this Court in Crl. Misc. No. M-31286 of 2008. Learned counsel for the State, on instructions from ASI Harbhajan Singh, who is present in Court, does not dispute this factual position. However, he opposes the bail on the ground that allegations in the Crl. Misc No. M-24391 of 2008 -2- FIR are serious in nature. After hearing counsel for the parties, I am of the considered view that since the accused Buta Singh who is stated to have caused an injury leading to offence under Section 307 IPC has already been enlarged on regular bail, petitioners are entitled to be granted bail pending trial. Moreover, since the trial is likely to take quite some time to conclude, no useful purpose would be served by keeping the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the trial. Bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barnala. 04.03.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE