IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-22713 of 2009 Date of decision: October 05, 2009 Dharam Singh -Petitioner Versus State of Punjab -Respondent Coram Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. Anmol Rattan Sidhu, Sr. Advocate, with Mr. Vishal Deep Goyal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Jaswinder Singh, DAG, Punjab. Rajan Gupta, J.(Oral) Mr. Sidhu submits that the petitioner has been in custody since 13.7.2009. According to him, challan has already been presented and the trial is likely to take a considerable time to conclude. The petitioner is stated to be 76 years old. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that the allegation against the petitioner is serious in nature. Keeping in view the age of the petitioner as also the fact that the trial may take quite sometime to conclude, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody pending trial. The instant petition is allowed and the petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Jagraon. [Rajan Gupta] Judge October 05, 2009. 'ask'