Criminal Misc. No. M-15572 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-15572 of 2010 Date of decision : 21.07.2010 Baljeet Singh @ Mand ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Sumeet Narang, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. S.S. Goraya, Advocate for the complainant. 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. 8 dated 09.01.2009 under Sections 420, 466, 468, 471 IPC at Police Station Civil lines, Batala. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been in custody since 11.03.2010 and the case is triable by the Magistrate. He submits that trial is likely to take long time to conclude, thus no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of trial. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. He submits that petitioner is involved in three other cases of similar nature. He, however, does not dispute the fact that petitioner is on bail on those cases. Criminal Misc. No. M-15572 of 2010 2 I have heard learned counsel for the parties. Keeping in view the fact that the case is triable by the Magistrate and the petitioner has been in custody for more than 04 months, 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, Gurdaspur. July 21, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE