Criminal Misc. No. M-33702 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-33702 of 2010 Date of decision : 20.01.2011 Ranjit Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. JBS Gill, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Arshvinder Singh, 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. 74 dated 01.09.2010 under Sections 148/307/326/324/323/149 IPC at Police Station Hariana District Hoshiarpur. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that injury attracting offence under Section 307 IPC is attributed to co-accused Bir Pal Singh. According to him, petitioner has been attributed a kirpan blow on the right arm, a grievous injury. He submits that petitioner has been in custody since 03.09.2010 and investigation of the case has already been completed. Criminal Misc. No. M-33702 of 2010 2 Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. He, however, does not dispute the fact that investigation of the case has been completed and challan presented before the competent court of jurisdiction. Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration 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 during its pendency. 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, Hoshiarpur. January 20, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE