Criminal Misc. No. M-18093 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-18093 of 2010 Date of decision : 12.08.2010 Darbara Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. A.S. Kalra, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, 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. 17 dated 19.05.2010 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 & 120-B IPC at Police Station Moti Nagar, Ludhiana. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that only allegation against the petitioner is that Rs. 25,000/- were handed over to him out of total sale consideration. He submits that main allegations are against other co-accused named in the FIR. He further submits that case is triable by the Magistrate and petitioner has been in custody for the last about 03 months thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the trial. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. However, keeping in view the allegations levelled in the FIR Criminal Misc. No. M-18093 of 2010 2 qua the petitioner as well as period of incarceration undergone by him, 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, Ludhiana. August 12, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE