Criminal Misc. No. M-57 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-57 of 2011 Date of decision : 25.01.2011 Gurmeet Singh @ Ghora ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. J.S. Thind, 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. 146 dated 15.10.2006 under Sections 324, 323, 326/34 IPC at Police Station Ajnala, District Amritsar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was earlier granted bail but due to absence from court on 06.03.2009 onwards, he was declared proclaimed offender. He was later arrested on 04.07.2010. According to learned counsel, petitioner is in custody since then and trial of the case is still pending. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that petitioner remained a proclaimed offender for a considerable period. He, however, submits that in case petitioner is to be enlarged on bail, the same should be subject to stringent conditions. Criminal Misc. No. M-57 of 2011 2 Keeping in view the fact that petitioner is in custody for almost more than six months now and trial of the case 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, Amritsar. This, however, will be subject to heavy surety and/or any other condition(s) which the trial court may deem fit to impose. January 25, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE