Criminal Misc. No. M-16427 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-16427 of 2010 Date of decision : 30.08.2010 Baljit Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. N.K. Sanghi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Vishal Malik, AAG 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. 178 dated 21.10.2009 under Sections 323, 324, 326, 307, 341 & 506/34 IPC at Police Station Sadar Ambala. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that injury was caused by the petitioner on non-vital part of the body which may constitute an offence under Section 326 IPC but not under 307 IPC. He submits that medical opinion regarding the injury being dangerous to life was given after two months and ten days of the occurrence. According to him, co-accused have been granted the concession of pre-arrest bail. He further submits that petitioner is a local resident and thus there can be no apprehension of his absconding from justice. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. He, Criminal Misc. No. M-16427 of 2010 2 however, does not dispute the fact that investigation has been completed and challan has been presented before the competent court of jurisdiction. Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions 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, Ambala. August 30, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE