IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-36374 of 2010 DATE OF DECISION: March 29, 2011 Jarnail Singh alias Billu …..Petitioner versus State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.J.B.S. Gill, Advocate for the petitioner Mr.Shilesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) This is a petition under section 439 Cr.P.C. seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under section 306 IPC vide FIR No.108 dated 15.7.2010 at police station Sadar Hoshiarpur. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner is in custody since 16.7.2010 and not a single prosecution witness has been examined till now. He submits that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious. On a query being put to learned State counsel about the delay in leading prosecution evidence, he, on instructions from ASI-Tarsem Singh who is present in court, submits that efforts shall be made by the prosecution to produce all its witnesses before the trial court at the earliest. Crl.Misc.No.M-36374 of 2010 - 2 - Keeping in view the fact that petitioner is in custody since 16.7.2010 and trial of the case is still at its initial stage, 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. Bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Hoshiarpur. Disposed of. March 29, 2011 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE 2